[jQuery] no server response from .ajax call
Hi, im pretty new with the jquery stuff.. and i appear to be missing
one giant big step.
I want to do a simple ajax call, and post a variable to a php file
that will then do something and return a result that the ajax will
then display in the page....
i even tried the ajax example on this page
http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery but the
damn thing gives me an error...
for testing i am using the following..
$(document).ready(function() {
$("a").click(function() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "some.php",
data: "name=John&location=Boston",
success: function(msg){
alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
}
});
});
some.php
<?php
$name = $_REQUEST["name"];
// .. do some stuff here
// .. return a result
if ($name)
return false;
else
return true;
?>
yet every time the alert that the javascript creates is just the whole
php file.. its doing my nut in..
i have tried using the .ajaxComplete event
$("#msg").ajaxComplete(function(request, settings){
alert( "request: " + request );
});
and i get a popup that says request: XMLHttpRequest ... although i got
no idea what to do with that...? and i cant find anything after hours
of searching...
please help