set_content_type($mime_type[, $charset = NULL])
| Parameters: |
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| Returns: |
CI_Output instance (method chaining) |
| Return type: |
CI_Output |
Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG’s, XML, etc easily.
$this->output
->set_content_type('application/json')
->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));
$this->output
->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php
->set_output(file_get_contents('files/something.jpg'));
Important
Make sure any non-mime string you pass to this method exists in application/config/mimes.php or it will have no effect.
You can also set the character set of the document, by passing a second argument:
$this->output->set_content_type('css', 'utf-8');
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