Thanks!
Now I know where to start I will investigate further correct use/mime-
types of the function.
On Aug 26, 2:30 pm, Jon Bennett <jmbenn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I am uploading files(images, mp3s etc) to my webroot /files/ folder.
> > The files are named "<their id number>.<their extension>". Without any
> > custom routing I can access these files by "/files/343.png".
>
> > I would like to access this file by using the URL "/files/343-
> > sometitle.png" as well. At the moment I can do this by using a custom
> > route and an action, but this just redirects and so the URL displays "/
> > files/343.png" - I would like the URL to not change and for the file
> > to be displayed as it would be normally.
>
> You're nearly there. What you need to do is use echo
> file_get_contents() in a controller method, eg:
>
> public function img($filename='')
> {
> $this->autoRender = false;
>
> // check file exists
> if (!file_exists(WWW_ROOT.'files'.DS.$filename))
> return;
>
> // output file - very crude as it is, you'd want to set the correct
> header/mime type etc
> echo file_get_contents(WWW_ROOT.DS.'files'.DS.$filename);
>
> }
>
> this only checks for a file with a real name, you'll want to strip out
> anything other than the ID.ext
>
> hth
>
> Jon
>
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>
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