Question

I make an AJAX call to a PHP script like so:

function convertNow(validURL){            $.ajax({        type: 'GET',        url: 'main.php',        data: 'url=' + validURL,        success: function(msg){        alert(msg);        }//function      });//ajax }//function convertNow 

From the above all it does is receive a lot of text from PHP right at then end. In actual fact, what the PHP script is doing is a lot of prints every few seconds for about a minute. I want this to be shown in real time.

I think the problem is the way I am using JQuery because I have tested this without any AJAX and the PHP script outputs each print_r to the browser in real time! I just need to replicate this but using AJAX.

Thank you for any help and guidance.

Answer 1

Go back to the start. Write a request with what you actually want to do. You’ll probably find that you need to adopt a method such as polling, or maybe use something like COMET to achieve what you want.