Thanks Brian,
I thought that might be the case.
On Sep 24, 7:30 pm, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whether Cake spits out a CSV file or redirects to another
> controller/action, headers need to be sent to the client, but you
> can't send headers for both simultaneously.
>
> If you really want the form to disappear, use JS to submit the form
> using AJAX and hide/change certain elements of the page.
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Tony Thomas <truet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a controller function that's using $this->render('action') to
> > render a view that creates a CSV file after submitting some info in a
> > form.
>
> > What I want to do is redirect the user after the CSV file is
> > downloaded. So the steps would be:
>
> > 1. User submits data.
> > 2. Queries are run and a CSV file is rendered and saved by the user.
> > 3. Controller redirects to another view.
>
> > If I do a simple redirect using $this->redirect('controller/action'),
> > the CSV file is not rendered, even though render() is called first. If
> > I don't redirect, the CSV is successfully rendered, but the user is
> > left with a form that is still filled-in. I'd like to redirect to
> > another view and display a "Success" flash message once the CSV is
> > rendered.
>
> > Any tips?
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