Do you just want the raw mark-up? I figured you needed the *processed* view. I don't see hw file_get_contents() would help with that.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:30 AM, qwanta<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
