Adding is_ajax_request() method to CI_Input
diff --git a/system/core/Input.php b/system/core/Input.php
index 52ea71b..6f88b19 100644
--- a/system/core/Input.php
+++ b/system/core/Input.php
@@ -624,6 +624,21 @@
return $this->headers[$index];
}
+ // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /**
+ * Is ajax Request?
+ *
+ * Test to see if a request contains the HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH header
+ *
+ * @return boolean
+ */
+ public function is_ajax_request()
+ {
+ $req_source = $this->server('HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH');
+ return ($req_source == 'XMLHttpRequest') ? TRUE : FALSE;
+ }
+
}
// END Input class
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index d5bf1b7..c3693e5 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
Please see the <a href="./installation/upgrade_200.html">upgrade instructions</a> for details.</li>
<li>Altered Form_Validation library to allow for method chaining on <kbd>set_rules()</kbd>, <kbd>set_message()</kbd> and <kbd>set_error_delimiters()</kbd> functions.</li>
<li>Altered Email Library to allow for method chaining.</li>
- <li>Added <kbd>request_headers()</kbd> and <kbd>get_request_header</kbd> to the input class.</li>
+ <li>Added <kbd>request_headers()</kbd>, <kbd>get_request_header()</kbd> and <kbd>is_ajax_request()</kbd> to the input class.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Database
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/input.html b/user_guide/libraries/input.html
index 7044213..d838cf0 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/input.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/input.html
@@ -239,10 +239,17 @@
<code>$headers = $this->input->request_headers();</code>
<h2>$this->input->get_request_header();</h2>
-<p>Returns a single
+<p>Returns a single member of the request headers array.</p>
<code>$this->input->get_request_header('some-header', TRUE);</code>
+
+<h2>$this->input->is_ajax_request()</h2>
+<p>Checks to see if the <var>HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH</var> server header has been set, and returns a boolean response.</p>
+
+<code>$this->input->is_ajax_request()</code>
+
+
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