JQuery AJAX timeout undefined

Question

I was trying out example JQuery examples and to my surprise, I got an error state for an AJAX call mentioning that timeout isn't defined. When I removed timeout attribute, it worked fine. I downloaded JQuery few days back, so I am pretty sure it's not a version problem.

I was trying with Firefox(3.6.8) and not any other browser.

Why would this occur?

Answer 1

Ajax requests are time-limited, so errors can be caught and handled to provide a better user experience. Request timeouts are usually either left at their default or set as a global default using $.ajaxSetup() rather than being overridden for specific requests with the timeout option.

Answer 2

The timeout property has been present in jQuery for a long time so I don't think that your problem is related to it. Maybe you have a syntax error in your code. This should work:

$.ajax({ 
    type: 'GET', 
    dataType: 'json', 
    url: PHPServiceProxy, 
    timeout: 5000, 
    success: function(reply) { 

    },
    error: function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) { 

    } 
});