Experimenting a bit more, it seems that another straightforward way to do this is use the php function "file_get_contents" to get a string with the view. The advantage is that any view can be accessed even in a different cake app (as mine is).
On Jun 5, 10:13 am, qwanta <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks brian. I didn't know render returned a string - I had looked up > the function in the book (where the return val isn't documented) but > not in the source code. > > On Jun 4, 12:47 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Have a look at Controll:render() method. It returns a string that you > > could write to a file. However, I'm not sure how that might affect > > also rendering the same view to the browser. > > >http://api.cakephp.org/view_source/controller/#line-755http://book.ca... > > > I suppose, if for some reason, calling render() twice (once manually, > > to save your file, and again automatically, as usual) will mess things > > up for the browser output, you could write the string to a file, then > > echo the same string. You might have to set the appropriate headers, > > though. > > > But that's all speculation. Try calling render yourself to write to > > the file and see if Cake wwill still call it automatically for browser > > output, as normal. > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:10 PM, qwanta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am drawing a blank on this one, any help appreciated. Basically my > > > view is a calibration record that also needs to be saved in a folder > > > for backup purposes. Is it possible to save the view as an htm file, > > > just as if you selected "Save Page As" in Firefox? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
