HTTP Request (How?)

[kaisellgren]

Hi,

I need JS to make HTTP request (GET).

I need JS to execute .php file with ?a=0&b=1&... GET parameters.

httprequest = new Image(0,0);
httprequest.src = 'a/a.php?test=1';

Does not activate a.php

[kyberfabrikken]

xmlhttprequest

[kaisellgren]

xmlhttprequest

Not that, it's not good with IE. IE does not run script using that method without user's permission.

[kyberfabrikken]

Not that, it's not good with IE. IE does not run script using that method without user's permission.

Yes, it does. You can only connect to the same host as you serve the HTML document from though.

[kaisellgren]

Oh god that feels so stupid.

All I want is to run a .php file whenever a visitor views my html page. And yes, I do not want to add php code into my html page. I need to do this with VB or JS or something similar.

Whatever I do with the .php page, I get error retrieving XML data. I don't want to retrieve any data, I want to execute a .php file.

I tried to do this with <img src="a.php?test=1" /> but the .php isn't executed as it didn't create a new file what I told it to create in the code.

Any other ideas?

[MikeFoster]

Are you sure it didn't run the "a.php" file? How are you verifying that? Keep in mind: that file can only return an image. However, it can set a cookie - which is the typical way of using RS with images.

[kyberfabrikken]

I tried to do this with <img src="a.php?test=1" /> but the .php isn't executed as it didn't create a new file what I told it to create in the code.

Any other ideas?

What happens if you request a.php?test=1 directly?

[MikeFoster]

I've used RSLite before and it always worked well - it uses the same technique - just assign the url of a php file to an image object.

[voodoomagic]

>ajax<

maybe use an invisible iframe and use javascript to control it and make it load that page