Question

I have an ajax script that sends some data to an external URL. The external URL is hosted on the same server, however the domain is different than the source of the ajax call.

This is working perfectly in Firefox and Chrome. However in IE The ajax call does not go through, and the Return False function does not either work (once the ajax call fails).

Below is my code:

 $.get('http://myexternaldomian.com/feedback/save.php', {
            answer: $('#answer').val(),
            page_url: pathname
        });

        // Keeps the user on the page
        return false;

When I try removing the http:// from the ajax url, the return false does work.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

Answer 1

I’m surprised any of them are working. Browsers generally don’t allow ajax calls to a domain other than the one the current page came from.

The main exception to this rule is if you make an ajax call using jsonp (json with padding). You can do this with jQuery, here’s how. Look under the dataType option.