jQuery getJSON to external PHP page

Question

I\'ve been trying to make an AJAX request to an external server. I\'ve learned so far that I need to use getJSON to do this because of security reasons ?

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Answer 1

The simplest solution would be to add the below code before any output to your test.php file, then you have more flexibility with what methods you use, a standard ajax call should work.

header ('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');

However, use the json callback thing when your getting data from a server beyond your control.