Hi ,var name = 'Peter Wraae Marino'; var data ="name="+name; $.ajax({ url: "http://localhost/test/gui/ajax_member.php", type: "GET", data: data, cache: false, dataType: "json", success: function(msg){ alert( msg); }, error: function( XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown ){ var t = "XMLHttpRequest: "+XMLHttpRequest+"\n"; t+= "textStatus: "+textStatus+"\n"; t+= "errorThrown: "+errorThrown+"\n"; alert( t ); } });
in php file just echo ur post variable like this echo $_POST['name']; Now u can get ur post name into alert pop up Hope this code u wanted? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Peter Marino <marino.pe...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi jQuery, > I'm very new to the json stuff (so warned)... > > when I try the following: > > var data = > { > "member" : > { > "name" : "Peter Wraae Marino" > } > } > > $.ajax({ > url: "http://localhost/test/gui/ajax_member.php", > type: "GET", > data: data, > cache: false, > dataType: "json", > success: function(msg){ > alert( msg ); > }, > error: function( XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown ){ > var t = "XMLHttpRequest: "+XMLHttpRequest+"\n"; > t+= "textStatus: "+textStatus+"\n"; > t+= "errorThrown: "+errorThrown+"\n"; > alert( t ); > } > }); > > I get an error message saying parsing error, I assume this means my data > format is wrong. > but when I see how other people have used json data format then I think the > way I did it is right? > > can someone help me out here? > > regards, > Peter > > -- > Power Tumbling - http://www.powertumbling.dk > OSG-Help - http://osghelp.com > -- ---| Regard |--- Mohd.Tareque