I had to do this with pdf/xls files returned by a webservice. I took the default media view (/cake/libs/views/media.php) and copied it to / app/views/app_media.php.
Then I modified it so that it checked for a $content view var and wrote that to a tmpfile. Here's the diff: http://bin.cakephp.org/view/1310700342 -Matt http://www.pseudocoder.com On Mar 30, 1:05 pm, "Mark (Germany)" <[email protected]> wrote: > i tried to use the media view for files generated on the fly (some > exported text inside a export.txt or whatever) > but it seems like the media view can only handle downloads of > "existing" files on the server > > trying to rewrite it did not turn out very well > so, did anyone manage to create a txt file to download, that is filled > with the echoed content > > echo 'blabla' > or > $content = 'blabla' transfered to the media view > > without creating locale (temp.) files on the server? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
