title: Get values from array from php ajax post
body: <p>I am currently working on a php project with the user of ajax. I need to populate values from a database into an html drop down box and I want to do this from an ajax post. </p>
  
  <p>For all the other ajax so far in the project I have been using $.post but I do not need to post anything to the php script as it is just going to retrieve everything from the database. what I need to do is the php script retrieves the information from a database and populates the information into an array and then return the array to the calling php script that calls that ajax. </p>
  
  <p>Is the array idea the best idea, if so how do I get the contents of the array from the ajax, or is there a better way and how do I do the ajax call if I am not doing a post of anything. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help you can provide. </p>