Question

Using Jquery AJAX to get a value from a PHP script.

This line works fine:

$.post('get_img.php',function(data){$("#result").append(data)});

This line does not:

$.post('get_img.php',function(data){$("div:hidden:first").css('background-image','url(data)')});

How can I get the data returned from the ajax call to go directly to the url value?

Answer 1

Since data is a variable, if you want to use its value then it should be concatenated to the string.

$.post('get_img.php', function(data){
        $("div:hidden:first")
        .css('background-image','url(' + data + ')')
});