Is there a way of detecting POST data in URL requests before routing them?

[eluser]Cristian Gilè[/eluser]
[quote author="cahva" date="1296108845"]BTW, $_POST is a superglogal and is always defined so using isset($_POST) wont work. Better to check if its an ajax request. If you use CI2, you can use what kirkaracha told you or simply put this:

Code:

define('IS_AJAX', isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest');

..to application/config/constants.php

With that constant its easy to know if its an ajax request or not.[/quote]

Input class is not loaded when routes are processed so $this->input->is_ajax_request() doesn't work. isset($_POST) or define a constant are the best solution.


Cristian Gilè

[eluser]sorenchr[/eluser]
Using a combination of isset($_POST) and the IS_AJAX constants I got it to work. Thanks to you all!

[eluser]cahva[/eluser]
The $_POST is still always set because its a superglogal, so isset($_POST) is not needed at all. If you want to check if theres anything posted even this is better:

Code:

if (IS_AJAX && $_POST)
{
  // Do something. Its an ajax call and $_POST contains something
}