strong> (<em>string</em>) &#8211; Character set</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">CI_Output instance (method chaining)</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">CI_Output</p>
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<p>Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG&#8217;s, XML, etc easily.</p>
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