Added Request::redirect() as a redirect helper

system/classes/request.php

@@ -592,6 +592,28 @@ class Request_Core {
 		return $this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Redirects as the request response.
+	 *
+	 * @param   string   redirect location
+	 * @param   integer  status code
+	 * @return  void
+	 */
+	public function redirect($url, $code = 302)
+	{
+		// Set the response status
+		$this->status = $code;
+
+		// Set the location header
+		$this->set_header('location', $url);
+
+		// Send headers
+		$this->send_headers();
+
+		// Stop execution
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Sends a file as the request response.
 	 *