On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 8:55 AM, a17s <godlyfr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to use the MediaView class to set a download of pdf file. > So far my attempts are not working and I can't seem to find any fault > in my code copied from the book.cakephp.org website. Any help or > thoughts will be appreciated.
Define "not working" please. > Find sample code below: > > > $this->view = 'Media'; //set to media download > $params = array( > 'id' => 'catalogue.pdf', > 'name' => 'new_catalogue', > 'download'=>true, > 'extension' => 'pdf', > 'path' => $this->webroot . 'files' . DS ); > $this->set($params); What is $this->webroot? Is there a reason you're not using WEB_ROOT? If you're trying to keep this configurable (perhaps it could be APP--a more reasonable use for MediaView, anyway) it might be better to use a more neutral variable name, like $this->_base. In any case, as Sam mentioned, be sure to debug or log the path. Are you seeing a 404? Are you sure it's not a 404 due to some error and debug being set to 0? If unsure, alter the MediaView render() method to do something besides throwing a 404 for a missing file. Or just triple-check the path and that the file you want it really there and accessible. I can't remember why but my code also always includes the MIME type: 'mimeType' => array($result['ItemFile']['type']) Note that it's an array. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
