[cleary1981]

I want to get data from an external php file. This is how I would normally do it but this time I am not sending any data in the request. How do I achieve this when no data is being sent in the request?

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1. <script type="text/javascript" src="text-utils.js"> </script>
2. <script type="text/javascript" src="request.js"> </script>
3. <script type = "text/javascript">
4. window.onload = function() {
5.     getProjects();
6. }
7. function getProjects() {
8.     var url = "needmodule.php";
9.     url = url + "&dummy=" + new Date().getTime();
10.     request.open("GET", url, true);
11.     request.onreadystatechange = updateProjects;
12.     request.send(null);
13. }
14. function updateProjects() {
15.     if (request.readyState == 4) {
16.         var returned = request.responseText;
17.         alert(returned);
18. }
19. </script>
20.  

[Dormilich]

But you do send data. Although it's GET data...
Furthermore (this might be a writing mistake) shouldn't there be a "?" instead of an "&" in line 9?

[Ferris]

yes,Dormilich is right , and furthermore, you missed a } in line 17. It should be
[HTML]alert(returned); }[/HTML]