Re: Media View related Query

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:57 PM, newguy <aimanparvaiz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I want to download four different files through 4 different links, I
> am using Media View to download file but I have to hardcode the file
> name in the download function in controller:
>
> function download () {
>        $this->view = 'Media';
>        $params = array(
>              'id' => 'example.zip',
>              'name' => 'example',
>              'download' => true,
>              'extension' => 'zip',
>              'path' => APP . 'files' . DS
>       );
>       $this->set($params);
>    }
>
> This works fine for one file, now for link number 2,3,4 do I need to
> create 3 different actions and give different file names in them or is
> there a way in which I can use download() only and depending on which
> link has been clicked respective file is downloaded.

Just pass the file name or slug in the link. I use the latter, where
each downloadable file has a title and slug:

Router::connect(
'/downloads/:slug',
array(
'controller' => 'files',
'action' => 'download'
),
array(
'slug' => '[-0-9a-z]+',
'pass' => array('slug')
)
);

public function download($slug = null) { ... }

Or you could pass the record ID:

Router::connect(
'/downloads/:id',
array(
'controller' => 'files',
'action' => 'download'
),
array(
'id' => '[0-9]+',
'pass' => array('id')
)
);

public function download($id = null) { ... }

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