AJAX To Call and Run PHP Script - php

Question

I have a working PHP script on my server and a HTML page with JavaScript and AJAX which I would like to call and run the PHP script. However, the AJAX responseText is displaying all the PHP code rather than running it. What do I need to do to only get the results of the PHP? Other examples I looked at used the responseText and it seemed to work out well, but not for me :(
Thanks,
elshae
My AJAX code is below...my PHP works fine, it has been tested :)
function ahah(url) {
//document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = ' Fetching data...';
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (req != undefined) {
req.onreadystatechange = function() {ahahDone(url);};
req.open("GET", url, true);
req.send("");
}
}
function ahahDone(url) {
if (req.readyState == 4) { // only if req is "loaded"
if (req.status == 200) { // only if "OK"
var div = document.createElement('DIV');
div.innerHTML = req.responseText;
document.getElementById('chicken_contentDiv').appendChild(div);
} else {
" <div> AHAH Error:\n"+ req.status + "\n" +req.statusText + "</div>";
}
}
}
function load(name) {
ahah(name);
return false;
}
<div> + load('./getFiles.php') + </div> //called in a div
Ok here is the new code:
//Some stuff happens here, IMO think it's irrelevant to this issue...
//This is where the AJAX/JQuery calls the php
var info = new OpenLayers.Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo({
url: 'http://localhost:8080/geoserver/wms',
title: 'Identify features by clicking',
queryVisible: true,
eventListeners: {
getfeatureinfo: function(event){
map.addPopup( new OpenLayers.Popup.AnchoredBubble(
"chicken",
map.getLonLatFromPixel(event.xy),
null,
event.text + '<div> Hello Tibet :)</div>' + $('#chicken_contentDiv').load('http://localhost/mapScripts/getFiles.php'), //have also tried localhost:80, no diff
null,
true
));
}
}
});
map.addControl(info);
info.activate();
});

Answer 1

To your apache config or .htaccess file add this line AddType application/x-httpd-php .html so html files will be parsed with php interpreter.

Answer 2

Are you missing the <?php at the beginning of your getFiles.php file?

Answer 3

If the response contains actual PHP code, then it is not being processed by the PHP interpreter. Where are you running this? It is obvious that the web server is not properly configured to process PHP files.
EDIT:
The line you have:
event.text + '<div> Hello Tibet :)</div>' + $('#chicken_contentDiv').load('http://localhost/mapScripts/getFiles.php'),
is incorrect.. you don't want to append the outcome of the jQuery function. The output would always be an object. You just want to run that script, which would populate a DIV with an ID of chicken_contentDiv. (is that really the right DIV to put the details in?)
It should be at the end, after your var info declaration is closed and done.