Jquery: Running AJAX locally without a webserver

Question

I have the following function in a .js file in index.html

function getValues(){

 $.ajax({
   type: \'POST\',
   url: \"http://localhost/getData/getdata.php\         


        

Answer 1

The web server is exactly what is handling all of the details for you.

You cannot POST without a web server to post to. HTTP = web protocol, so you cannot have a HTTP URL without a web server to target.

The web server is also the process that takes your request for a PHP page and runs the PHP interpreter, managing the inputs and outputs.

Why do you want to run it locally?