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prefers

line:591 at /cake/libs/controller/components/request_handler.php
Determines which content-types the client prefers. If no parameters are given, the content-type that the client most likely prefers is returned. If $type is an array, the first item in the array that the client accepts is returned. Preference is determined primarily by the file extension parsed by the Router if provided, and secondarily by the list of content-types provided in HTTP_ACCEPT.

Method

(mixed) prefers ($type = null)

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$type mixed optional An optional array of 'friendly' content-type names, i.e. 'html', 'xml', 'js', etc. null

Return

mixed

Comment

Determines which content-types the client prefers. If no parameters are given,
the content-type that the client most likely prefers is returned. If $type is
an array, the first item in the array that the client accepts is returned.
Preference is determined primarily by the file extension parsed by the Router
if provided, and secondarily by the list of content-types provided in
HTTP_ACCEPT.

@param mixed $type An optional array of 'friendly' content-type names, i.e.
'html', 'xml', 'js', etc.
@return mixed If $type is null or not provided, the first content-type in the
list, based on preference, is returned.
@access public
@see RequestHandlerComponent::setContent()