Question

I am trying to get data back from a PHP file assigned with GET parameters in an AJAX request:

xmlhttp.open(“GET”,”getMyData.php?name=”+name+”&email=”+email,true);

Can I call the getMyData.php like that, or it has to be in the root of the project? Now is in the same directory as the javascript file.

Also, if possible, a small example of how to insert the returned data into an input field.

Thanks a bunch!

Answer 1

Here the example

var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
  //xmlhttp.responseText; //content 
  document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText; //write inside myDiv
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","getMyData.php",true);
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xmlhttp.send("name="+name+"&email="+encodeURIComponen(email));
xmlhttp.send();
}

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