stuck with sending header('Content-type: image/jpeg') to my external view file

[eluser]ladooboy[/eluser]
Hi guys,

I have a view template structre. My Base-Controller does following:

Code:

function template($data = NULL){    
        
    //    if (!$this->data) $this->data = $data;
            
    
            if (!isset($this->data['header']))  $this->data['header']  = $this->load->view('includes/header',$this->data ,TRUE);
            if (!isset($this->data['content'])) $this->data['content'] = $this->load->view($this->load_view ,$this->data,TRUE);
            if (!isset($this->data['footer']))  $this->data['footer']  = $this->load->view('includes/footer',$this->data ,TRUE);
            
                        
            $this->load->view('includes/layout', $this->data);
    }

My local controller does:

Code:

......        
        header('Content-type: image/jpeg');
        imagejpeg($image);
        imagedestroy($image);        
        
        $this->template();

The problem is, I need to send this image to my actual view, which has all the input fields and submit buttons.

Currently it creates an image on a empty page without any buttons or input fields.

Any idea how to implement this into the template view ?