lithium\net\http\Message::type()

public method

Sets/gets the content type.

Parameters

  • string $type

    A full content type i.e. 'application/json' or simple name 'json'

Returns

string

A simple content type name, i.e. 'html', 'xml', 'json', etc., depending on the content type of the request.

Source

	public function type($type = null) {
		if ($type === false) {
			unset($this->headers['Content-Type']);
			$this->_type = false;
			return;
		}
		$media = $this->_classes['media'];

		if (!$type && $this->_type) {
			return $this->_type;
		}
		$headers = $this->headers + array('Content-Type' => null);
		$type = $type ?: $headers['Content-Type'];

		if (!$type) {
			return;
		}
		$header = $type;

		if (!$data = $media::type($type)) {
			$this->headers('Content-Type', $type);
			return ($this->_type = $type);
		}
		if (is_string($data)) {
			$type = $data;
		} elseif (!empty($data['content'])) {
			$header = is_string($data['content']) ? $data['content'] : reset($data['content']);
		}
		$this->headers('Content-Type', $header);
		return ($this->_type = $type);
	}