diff --git a/lib/zerobin.php b/lib/zerobin.php
index 51de2dee..9bef7c6d 100644
--- a/lib/zerobin.php
+++ b/lib/zerobin.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class zerobin
         }
 
         // in case stupid admin has left magic_quotes enabled in php.ini
-        if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
+        if (function_exists('get_magic_quotes_gpc') && get_magic_quotes_gpc())
         {
             $_POST   = array_map('filter::stripslashes_deep', $_POST);
             $_GET    = array_map('filter::stripslashes_deep', $_GET);
diff --git a/tst/request.php b/tst/request.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6db43c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tst/request.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+class requestTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    private $_request;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        /* Setup Routine */
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        /* Tear Down Routine */
+    }
+
+    public function reset()
+    {
+        $_SERVER = array();
+        $_GET = array();
+        $_POST = array();
+    }
+
+    public function testView()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertFalse($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is HTML call');
+        $this->assertEquals('view', $request->getOperation());
+    }
+
+    public function testRead()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+        $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = 'foo';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertFalse($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is HTML call');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('pasteid'));
+        $this->assertEquals('read', $request->getOperation());
+    }
+
+    public function testDelete()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+        $_GET['pasteid'] = 'foo';
+        $_GET['deletetoken'] = 'bar';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertFalse($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is HTML call');
+        $this->assertEquals('delete', $request->getOperation());
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('pasteid'));
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $request->getParam('deletetoken'));
+    }
+
+    public function testApiCreate()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'PUT';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] = 'JSONHttpRequest';
+        $_POST['data'] = 'foo';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertTrue($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is JSON Api call');
+        $this->assertEquals('create', $request->getOperation());
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('data'));
+    }
+
+    public function testApiCreateAlternative()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = 'application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01';
+        $_POST['attachment'] = 'foo';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertTrue($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is JSON Api call');
+        $this->assertEquals('create', $request->getOperation());
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('attachment'));
+    }
+
+    public function testApiRead()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = 'application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01';
+        $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = 'foo';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertTrue($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is JSON Api call');
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('pasteid'));
+        $this->assertEquals('read', $request->getOperation());
+    }
+
+    public function testApiDelete()
+    {
+        $this->reset();
+        $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'DELETE';
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] = 'JSONHttpRequest';
+        $_GET['pasteid'] = 'foo';
+        $_GET['deletetoken'] = 'bar';
+        $request = new request;
+        $this->assertTrue($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is JSON Api call');
+        $this->assertEquals('delete', $request->getOperation());
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $request->getParam('pasteid'));
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $request->getParam('deletetoken'));
+    }
+}
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