Fixes #11058: Add `$checkAjax` parameter to method `yii\web\Controller::redirect()` which controls redirection in AJAX and PJAX requests

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 
 2.1.0 under development
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+
+- Enh #11058: Add `$checkAjax` parameter to method `yii\web\Controller::redirect()` which controls redirection in AJAX and PJAX requests (ivanovyordan)
 - Enh #12592: Optimized `yii\filters\AccessController` on processing accessrules (dynasource)
 - Removed methods marked as deprected in 2.0.x (samdark)
 - Chg #10771: Consistent behavior of `run()` method in all framework widgets. All return the result now for better extensibility (pkirill99, cebe)
@@ -86,7 +88,6 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #12580: Make `yii.js` comply with strict and non-strict javascript mode to allow concatenation with external code (mikehaertl)
 - Enh: Method `yii\console\controllers\AssetController::getAssetManager()` automatically enables `yii\web\AssetManager::forceCopy` in case it is not explicitly specified (pana1990, klimov-paul)
 
-
 2.0.9 July 11, 2016
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framework/web/Controller.php

@@ -139,11 +139,17 @@ class Controller extends \yii\base\Controller
      * @param integer $statusCode the HTTP status code. Defaults to 302.
      * See <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html>
      * for details about HTTP status code
+     *
+     * @param boolean $checkAjax whether to specially handle AJAX (and PJAX) requests. Defaults to false,
+     * meaning a `Location` header will be sent, which when received as an AJAX/PJAX response, may NOT cause
+     * browser redirection. If this is true, the current request is an AJAX or PJAX request, then calling this method
+     * will cause the browser to redirect to the given URL.
+     * Takes effect only when request header `X-Ie-Redirect-Compatibility` is absent.
      * @return Response the current response object
      */
-    public function redirect($url, $statusCode = 302)
+    public function redirect($url, $statusCode = 302, $checkAjax = true)
     {
-        return Yii::$app->getResponse()->redirect(Url::to($url), $statusCode);
+        return Yii::$app->getResponse()->redirect(Url::to($url), $statusCode, $checkAjax);
     }
 
     /**