Question

trying to do some low-level ajax that hits url in the background but does nothing on the client side. Here is the code:

can_id = $(this).attr('id');            
$.ajax({
    url:"savethis.php",
    data:"q=0&can_id="+can_id;
});

but I keep getting this error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ;

When I comment out the ajax() portion the error goes away. Why am I getting this error?

Answer 1

You have a semicolon at the end of can_id. Remove it

data:"q=0&can_id="+can_id**;**