Ajax question: Why do I need index.php in the path?

[eluser]wowdezign[/eluser]

If I use $.ajax({
url: “jquery/ajaxprocess”,...

instead of
url: “index.php/jquery/ajaxprocess”,
or
url: “/jquery/ajaxprocess”,

It works. I hope I am doing a right thing.

If you have your configuration set up correctly, you should be able to use:

Code:

<?php echo site_url('jquery/ajaxprocess');?>

site_url() should know all that if you are writing the path from PHP.

If you are trying to use it in a JavaScript file, I usually set a baseURL Javascript variable in the head of my page using:

Code:

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var baseURL = <?php echo site_url(); ?>;
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Then inside my js files, I can use that variable to build up absolute URLs.