Why is XMLHttpRequest returning PHP code?Chrome extension

Asked Sep 20 '19 at 17:21

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I'm creating some Chrome extension and I need to have a connection to a database. I followed a tutorial from

Everything works fine except when I run XMLHttpRequest my responseText is the code of my PHP.

JS from popup.js:

let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
xhr.open(   "GET",   chrome.extension.getURL("/create.php?mail=" + mail.value),   true ); 
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {   if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
            console.log(xhr.responseText);
            response.innerHTML = xhr.responseText;   } }; 
xhr.send();

PHP from create.php:

echo "something";

edited Sep 20 '19 at 17:30

Trenton McKinney

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sounds like the server is not running php.... looking at the code, looks like you are expecting the extension to run php, not going to happen – epascarello Sep 20 '19 at 17:24
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Browsers don't have a built-in PHP server so when you request a local extension file using chrome.extension.getURL() its contents is returned as text. – wOxxOm Sep 20 '19 at 17:24
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Is your server configured to run PHP and are the `` tags surrounding PHP? If you are not sure, try viewing page in browser. And, if _create.php_ is in your Chrome extension, sorry, but Chrome can't run PHP. – CoderCharmander Sep 20 '19 at 17:24
@wOxxOm So what are you suggesting me to do? – Danilo Ivanovic Sep 20 '19 at 17:25
@AndrásElKoulali Yes there are , and my server is running PHP. I think wOxxOm is right. – Danilo Ivanovic Sep 20 '19 at 17:27
@wOxxOm How would you run XMLHttpRequest from chrome extension? – Danilo Ivanovic Sep 20 '19 at 17:28
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It depends on what exactly you're trying to fetch but anyway if it's not a local file inside your extension then remove chrome.extension.getURL. – wOxxOm Sep 20 '19 at 17:30
@wOxxOm Thank you i managed to fix the problem. – Danilo Ivanovic Sep 20 '19 at 17:33

Why is XMLHttpRequest returning PHP code?Chrome extension

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