This is similar to a question I posted recently; I floated the idea of
writing a context-switcher for "jpeg context" for this (a la
AjaxContext), as it seems like the "ZF way" to handle it. Seems to me
it would actually be quite easy, almost trivial in fact. Check out
section 7.8.4.3.2 here:
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.controller.actionhelpers.html
On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 16:02 +0200, cyril wrote:
> Hi, it's my first post too :-)
>
> In order to output a pdf, I do this in the action:
>
> $response = $this->getResponse();
> $response
> ->setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public', true)
> ->setHeader('Content-Description', 'File Transfer', true)
> ->setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment;
> filename='.$ref.'.pdf', true)
> ->setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/pdf', true)
> ->setHeader('Content-Transfer-Encoding', 'binary', true)
> ->appendBody($invoices->getPdf($id));
> ;
>
> I think it's better not to break the MVC way to display anything.
>
> Filip Wirefors a écrit :
> > Hi All! My first post here. More to come... ;)
> >
> > I have a question regarding the MVC implementation and sending headers.
> >
> > Say I write an action that should just output an image. An action that
> > can be used like this:
> > <img src="/module/controller/output/imgId/1529" alt="" />
> >
> > Say I have a library class calld My_Image that does all the GD magic
> > to output an image.
> > Then I do this in my action controller:
> >
> >
> > function indexAction()
> >
> > {
> >
> > $this->_helper->layout->disableLayout();
> >
> > $this->_helper->viewRenderer->setNoRender();
> > $img = new My_Image('/path/to/1529.jpg');
> > // ...
> > $img->outputToBrowser();
> > }
> >
> > In this case the My_Image::outputToBrowser method sends all the
> > header()s that we need
> > to send and then stops the script execution with an exit;
> >
> > Is this the correct way of doing this? Or should I rather send
> > the headers in the controller like...
> >
> > $this->getResponse()->setHeader('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg');
> >
> > // ...
> >
> > $img->outputToBrowser();
> > .. and then let the dispatch loop continue?
> >
> > Just need some advice on this, because I'm afraid that I miss out on
> > something if i send the
> > headers and exit on my own. Whats the best practice in this case?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > /Filip - from sweden
> >
> >
> >
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