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20160531

[SOLVED] php+jquery page loading twice (2 GET requests) instead of once

i was using jquery to set an element's css background-image inside $(document).ready(function()... , and when i removed that code th page would load once instead of twice:

var url = el.data("imgbg");  // get the url string
el.css("background-image", "url('"+url+"')");  // set bgimg url

what was causing the extra page reload/GET request was an empty url string!

putting a simple if-test on url fixed it:

if (url != "") el.css("background-image", "url('"+url+"')");

:)

my fiddle confirming this behavior: