No response from PHP code using jQuery post() - php

Question

I am trying to retrieve data from a PHP file the reads a mySQL db. The data comes in fine on a browser:
http://www.primaryaccess.org/REST/geteasyfile.php?id=25
But when I try to access it using jQuery's get() or post() methods, I get no response. The response header in Firebug says there is the right amount of data, but nothing shows up:
$.get("http://www.primaryaccess.org/REST/geteasyfile.php?id=25",function(data) { alert(data); });
Here's the PHP:
<?
$id=$_GET['id'];
$query="SELECT * FROM easyfile WHERE id = '$id'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
mysql_close();
if (($result == false) || (!mysql_numrows($result)))
echo "Can't load file!";
else
echo mysql_result($result,0,"data");
?>
Thanks!
Bill

Answer 1

Try getJSON and replace alert() with console.log(). Additionally, your URL looks strange ('id=25' + id). I hope you also noticed that there is a Same Origin Policy in JS, so you need to upload your testfile to the specified domain.

Answer 2

probably your problem is in the url, you already setted id=25 and then you concatenate the id variable
Hope this help

Answer 3

Try using a json callback
JS
$.ajax({
url: "http://www.primaryaccess.org/REST/geteasyfile.php?id=25&jsoncallback=?",
success: function(data) {
alert(data)
},
error: function(error){
alert(JSON.stringify(error));
}
});
PHP
<?
$id=$_GET['id'];
$query="SELECT * FROM easyfile WHERE id = '$id'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
mysql_close();
if (($result == false) || (!mysql_numrows($result)))
$result = "Can't load file!";
else
$result = mysql_result($result,0,"data");
$result = array('result' => $result);
echo $_GET['jsoncallback'] . '(' . json_encode($result) . ');'
?>