How can I check if request was a POST or GET request in codeigniter?

Question

I just wondered if there is a very easy way to determine whether the request is a $_POST or a $_GET request.

So does Codeigniter have something like this?

$this->container->isGet();

Answer 1

For CodeIgniter 3 users: the docs state the input class has a function to get the request method:

echo $this->input->method(TRUE); // Outputs: POST
echo $this->input->method(FALSE); // Outputs: post
echo $this->input->method(); // Outputs: post

Answer 2

In codeigniter 4:

$this->request->getMethod() // Returns get, post, or whatever the method is