Thanks! That was it.
On Jan 20, 4:35 pm, Joshua Lückers <jos...@sensiva.net> wrote:
> With the XMLHttpRequest(); you have now you try to get the file from
> the local disk which is not possible since there is no webserver
> involved when doing so (meaning that the PHP does not get executed).
> You have to use a fullhost instead eg. req.open("GET", "http://
> yoursite.com/autocomplete.php?value=testValue", true);
> This does mean you have to run the file on a webserver.
>
> For more info:http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/xhr.html
>
> On Jan 20, 9:36 pm, nathan <nlehma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am trying to write a simple chrome extension that receives input
> > from the user via an input text box. It sends that input to a php
> > page that will generate some results and then display the results
> > right below the input box.
>
> > I'm using XMLHttpRequest to run the PHP page but the response that I
> > am getting back is empty (according to the console). If I alert the
> > responseText then it will show the raw php code. This works perfectly
> > if I just load the popup.html in chrome but does not work if I load it
> > in the extension or if I load it using chrome-extension://<id>/
> > popup.html.
>
> > This php request is not cross-origin. The php page is in the exact
> > same folder as the popup.html.
>
> > Here is my request code:
> > var req;
> > function goGet(){
> > req = new XMLHttpRequest();
> > req.open("GET", "autocomplete.php?value=testValue", true);
> > req.onload = handleResponse;
> > req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-
> > urlencoded');
> > req.send(null);
>
> > }
>
> > function handleResponse() {
> > var doc = req.responseText;
> > alert(doc); //Returns the raw PHP code
> > var content = document.getElementById('content');
> > content.innerHTML = doc;
>
> > }
>
> > Thanks for any help.
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