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javascriptphpxmlhttprequest

Get the execution result of a file.php via xmlHttpRequest

I'm calling a file.php using XMLHttpRequest in javascript:

index.html

<script type="text/javascript">

    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.onload = function(){ 
            console.log(xhr.responseText);
        };

        xhr.open("GET", "file.php", true);
        xhr.send();

</script>

file.php

<?php echo "123";

I expected 123 as result string but instead I got <?php echo "123"; which is the file.php content.

Am I using the XMLHttpRequest right? What am I missing?

Solution

  • Sounds like your server isn't set up correctly and isn't executing the script with the PHP parser.

    What happens when you request the page without XMLHttpRequest (ie, just enter the url in the browser)?