Didn't know Savant had a csv plugin. Good to know, although we usually
export to excel.
On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 12:43:55 UTC+2, euromark wrote:
>
> Why are you using a view/helper for this?
> Use https://github.com/josegonzalez/cakephp-csvview then you have the
> full response object availabl
Response object *is* available in Helper, just use
$this->response->type('csv');
$this->response->download($this->filename);
$this->response->send();
Am Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2014 00:49:58 UTC+2 schrieb gloop:
>>
>> Hello i try to write an helper to create and download a CSV.
>>
>> Now i have the pr
Why are you using a view/helper for this?
Use https://github.com/josegonzalez/cakephp-csvview then you have the full
response object available directly in the action.
And no template needed, as the view class itself is responsable for
directly transforming the array into the CSV structure.
Am M
I would actually suggest creating a view class for this rather than a helper.
Helpers are for helping in the rendering of specific elements, whereas view
classes are the best for rendering types of content.
Take a look at my excel plugin to get an idea of a view class. You should be
able to eas
Whilst the $response is not available in the Helper, it is available on the
View class, and the view class is available on any Helper via $this->_View.
Therefore, $this->_View->response->type('csv'); from inside any Helper
method should do the trick, unless output has already commenced, and
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Hello i try to write an helper to create and download a CSV.
Now i have the problem to set the type in the helper.
I try:
function renderHeaders() {
$response = new CakeResponse(array(
'type' => 'csv'
));
$response->download($this->filename);
$response->send();
}
Now i ca
