Fixes #7868. ResponseText is now properly propagated for error callbacks.

diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index a814d80..744476f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
                        } else { // if not success, mark it as an error
 
                                        error = error || statusText;
+
+                                       // Set responseText if needed
+                                       if ( response ) {
+                                               jXHR.responseText = response;
+                                       }
                        }
 
                        // Set data for the fake xhr object

diff --git a/src/ajax/xhr.js b/src/ajax/xhr.js
index 032668f..a2ec4a4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ajax/xhr.js
+++ b/src/ajax/xhr.js
@@ -137,15 +137,13 @@ jQuery.ajax.transport( function( s , determineDataType ) {
                                                                                        status
                                                                        );
 
-                                                       // Guess response if needed & update datatype accordingly
-                                                       if ( status >= 200 && status < 300 ) {
-                                                               response =
-                                                                       determineDataType(
-                                                                               s,
-                                                                               xhr.getResponseHeader("content-type"),
-                                                                               xhr.responseText,
-                                                                               xhr.responseXML );
-                                                       }
+                                                       // Guess response & update dataType accordingly
+                                                       response =
+                                                               determineDataType(
+                                                                       s,
+                                                                       xhr.getResponseHeader("content-type"),
+                                                                       xhr.responseText,
+                                                                       xhr.responseXML );
                                                }
 
                                                // Call complete

diff --git a/test/data/errorWithText.php b/test/data/errorWithText.php
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..abd8732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/errorWithText.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+header("HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request");
+
+echo "plain text message";
\ No newline at end of file

diff --git a/test/unit/ajax.js b/test/unit/ajax.js
index d5f2bc0..adf589e 100644 (file)
--- a/test/unit/ajax.js
+++ b/test/unit/ajax.js
@@ -240,6 +240,23 @@ test("jQuery.ajax() - error callbacks", function() {
        });
 });
 
+test("jQuery.ajax() - responseText on error", function() {
+
+       expect( 1 );
+
+       stop();
+
+       jQuery.ajax({
+               url: url("data/errorWithText.php"),
+               error: function(xhr) {
+                       strictEqual( xhr.responseText , "plain text message" , "Test jXHR.responseText is filled for HTTP errors" );
+               },
+               complete: function() {
+                       start();
+               }
+       });
+});
+
 test(".ajax() - headers" , function() {
 
        expect( 2 );