How can I tell if a request is made with AJAX in Kohana 3?

Question

I've tried these

request::is_ajax()

Request::instance()->is_ajax

To no avail. I've noticed in the request class there is a public property $is_ajax but I can't seem to be able to access the property.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

in case anyone comes back to this, in Kohana 3.1 it is now $this->request->is_ajax() if you are in a controller.