[ci skip] Merge pull request #5890 from jerkob/develop

Adds a public trans_active function to determine transaction state

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index 5ae0442a3..eee9ef20f 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -887,6 +887,18 @@ abstract class CI_DB_driver {
 	{
 		return $this->_trans_status;
 	}
+	
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns TRUE if a transaction is currently active
+	 *
+	 * @return	bool
+	 */
+	public function trans_active()
+	{
+		return (bool) $this->_trans_depth;
+	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/db_driver_reference.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/db_driver_reference.rst
index 1f036cd77..94121bffa 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/db_driver_reference.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/db_driver_reference.rst
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ This article is intended to be a reference for them.
 
 		Lets you retrieve the transaction status flag to
 		determine if it has failed.
+		
+	.. php:method:: trans_active()
+
+		:returns:	TRUE if a transaction is active, FALSE if not
+		:rtype:	bool
+
+		Determines if a transaction is currently active.
 
 	.. php:method:: compile_binds($sql, $binds)