PHP returns source code to my AJAX call instead of string

Question

I have this AJAX call:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {

        $.ajax({
                url:'test.php',
                type:'GET', 
                datatype: "json",
                success:function(data)
                {
                    alert(data);
                },
                error:function()
                {
                    alert("error");
                }
            });
    });
</script>

and my test.php contains this:

<?php
    echo json_encode("pepperoni pizza");
    exit;
?>

However, my alert ends up showing all the PHP code instead of just "pepperoni pizza"

I have looked around quite a bit but haven't found a post that completely solves my problem. Thanks in advance for any tips!

Answer 1

It sounds like your web server is not configured to use PHP for interpretation of .php files.