public function handle_content_type($mime = 'text/html')
	{
		if (!headers_sent())
		{
			$header = "Content-type: $mime;";
			if ($this->get_encoding())
			{
				$header .= ' charset=' . $this->get_encoding();
			}
			else
			{
				$header .= ' charset=UTF-8';
			}
			header($header);
		}
	}