AJAX request callback using jQuery

Question

I am new to the use of jQuery for handling AJAX, and have written a basic script to get the basics down. Currently I am POSTing an AJAX request to the same file, and I wish

Answer 1

NOTE *The better approach is to keep things like this in a separate file, makes it easier to read and easier to understand, especially if you use a good naming conversion.

It is a bad procedural approach but here I go :) :

or better yet:

PS As alternative to die(); you could use exit();, they both do pretty much the same: terminating further execution