Testing AJAX/XMLHttpRequest pages functionally in Symfony2

Question

Is it possible to simulate/make an XMLHttpRequest request (ajax) in symfony2 tests?

Answer 1

If you are working with Symfony 3.x or 4.x this is the correct way to do it using POST method.

$data = ['some' => 'value'];
$client = static::createClient();
$client->request('POST', '/some_uri', ['data' => $data], [],; [
  'HTTP_X-Requested-With' => 'XMLHttpRequest',
]);