I have the following script to output an image to the browser wich works fine.
$file_to_output=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/static/imgs/uploads/20110318172207_16.jpg';
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
$raw=imagecreatefromjpeg($file_to_output);
// Output the image
imagejpeg($raw);
// Free up memory
imagedestroy($raw);
when I put this exact same code in a view its doesn't work anymore and give a bunch of stange characters like this: ����JFIF��>CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), default quality ��C
What do I have to do to make it work in a view?
You're not supposed to put that into a view. All view output is buffered, being returned through a Response object later.
This is all response logics, so your action code should look like:
$path = DOCROOT.'static/imgs/uploads/20110318172207_16.jpg';
$this->response->headers('content-type',File::mime($path))
->body(file_get_contents($path));
Another way would be:
$path = DOCROOT.'static/imgs/uploads/20110318172207_16.jpg';
// Send file as download
$this->response->send_file($path);
// Send file as inline
$this->response->send_file($path, NULL, array('attachment' => 'inline'));
// Another way to send as inline
$this->response->body(file_get_contents($path));
$this->response->send_file(TRUE, $path);