I am trying to use "console.log" to view the response of the server. My code is as follows :

2. <script type="text/javascript">
3. $.get("process.php", function(response){
4. console.log(response);
5. });
6. </script>

And the only thing my browser logs are two asterisks. The PHP code was as the code below: 

2. <?php 
3. if ($_GET){
4. $rec = $_GET["name"];
5. $msg = "Welcome, " . $rec . "!";
6. return $msg;
7. } else {
8. return "No data recieved by the Server";
9. }
10.  ?>

Would you be kind to guide me throught solving this problem? 

Thank you very much in advance.