CakePHP ForceDownload Component

January 7, 2007

Important! This is old code. I’ve not used it for a long time. It might still be useful. Be careful.

 

This snippet is a CakePHP component which can be used to force a users browser to download a specified file instead of attempting to display it. It will happily deal with any file your scripts have read access to. When provided with an absolute file location and filename for the downloaded file, it will attempt to look up an appropriate mime-type for the file, output some HTTP headers followed by the file data itself.

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CakePHP Favatar Controller

December 17, 2006

Important! This is old code. I’ve not used it for a long time. It might still be useful. Be careful.

 

Favatars is a Wordpress plugin for displaying favicons as avatars next to blog post comments. This code is an adaptation of the original work to turn it into a CakePHP Controller. When given a URL, it will attempt to locate a favicon for that site. If one is found, it is cached and displayed. If not, it will display a default image.

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