Question

I want to begin by saying sorry for asking this question because I know this has been asked a lot on here already. I’ve search through the site and used Google, and looked at other examples but I can’t figure out what’s wrong. Running the script with FireBug running shows the POST is sent but nothing gets received. I’ve posted the code below.

Jquery Code:

$('#studio').submit(function (event) {
  $('#formLaunch').click();

  $.ajax({
    url: 'test.php',
    type: 'POST',
    data: {
      search_var: 'test'
    },
    dataType: 'html',
    success: function (data) {
      //$('#result').html(data);
      alert(data);
    }
  });

  event.preventDefault();
});

PHP Code:

<?php
$term = $_POST['search_var'];

echo $term;
?>

The end result of the code (once the AJAX request starts working) will process sent variables and echo an image which I want displayed in a DIV box on the page. For starters though just trying to get this basic ‘shell’ to work properly.

Thanks in advance for any help or direction.

Jeff

Answer 1

Always provide an error function, especially when in development. I suspect you have an error for a response (404, 500, etc). Providing an error function for debugging purposes will help you see this more quickly.