Let's say I have a PHP page and inside that PHP page I just have <?php echo "Hello World!"; ?> and I want to use JavaScript (preferabbly jQuery) and AJAX to CALL that php page and return it's output (which would be "Hello World!")

How is this done?

Let's say I have a PHP page and inside that PHP page I just have <?php echo "Hello World!"; ?> and I want to use JavaScript (preferabbly jQuery) and AJAX to CALL that php page and return it's output (which would be "Hello World!")

How is this done?

• php
• javascript
• jquery
• ajax

• 3 So many duplicates... did you even try searching for a solution first? – user229044 ♦ Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 20:34
• 2 That should be enough for this question api.jquery.com/jQuery.get – cichy Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 20:36
• 1 None suited you? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.. – jrharshath Commented Sep 9, 2010 at 20:41
• Damn, I was such an idiot back then. – test Commented Jul 20, 2012 at 16:06

2 Answers 2

Pretty basic.

jQuery.ajax() – jQuery API

You'll find lots of examples near the bottom.

The data will contain the text from the page, do what you want with it. In this case, set the #responseArea text to contain it.

$.ajax({
   url: "yourPage.php",
   success: function(data){
     $("#responseArea").text(data);
   }
 });