Re: force download using Media views

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Rez <khaksarfard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to force downloading a pdf file using media views.
> In my controller I added
>
> function download () {
>
> $this->view = 'Media';
> $params = array(
> 'id' => 'example.pdf',
> 'name' => 'example',
> 'download' => true,
> 'extension' => 'pdf',
> 'path' => APP . 'files' . DS,
> );
>
> $this->set($params);
>
> }

The only thing I see missing is 'mimeType'. Otherwise, it looks fine,
aside from the fact you're using hard-coded values (I assume this is
just for testing).

You do have an example.pdf file in the correct location? Check its
(and the directory's) permissions, also.

> Is there anything else I have to add or change because when I click the link
> it gives me the error that the requested address was not found on this
> server. It seems like it is looking for a view file for download.

It's tricky, as Cake emits a 404 when debug is set to 0 and there's
any kind of non-fatal error. But you need it set to 0 to use
MediaView.

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