Website doesn't recognize GET even though manual URL works

Question

I have a custom website which checks on document.ready if there is a parameter called 'temp' in the URL-line. If so, I call a PHP-function on my server which stores the value in a database. Now the strange thing for me is that if manually type this:

http://mywebsite.org/?temp=7

in my browser, everything works fine. But if I use this website to test GET:

http://requestmaker.com/

my website does nothing.

This is my jQuery code, which checks the existence of a parameter:

$(document).ready(function() {
      var data = gup('temp', location.href);
      if (data != undefined) {
        $.ajax({
          data: {
            action: 'insertTemp',
            value: data
          },
          type: "GET",
          url: "SQL.php",
          success: function(data) {
            //alert("Data Saved " + data);
          },
          error: function(xhr) {
            alert(xhr.responseText);
          }
        });
      }

Do you think that the document.ready could be a problem because it is not checked at automated HTML-requests?

Edit:

Gup is a function I copied from the internet, it just filters for the parameter in the URL:

function gup(name, url) {
  if (!url) url = window.location.href;
  name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
  var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)", "i"),
    results = regex.exec(url);
  if (!results) return null;
  if (!results[2]) return '';
  return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}

It is declared outside the document.ready() clause.

This is the response code I get from requestmaker.com:

http://pastebin.com/WL2CQP4v

Answer 1

This is because requestmaker.com is only sending the request and showing you the response. Its not really executing the webpage in a web engine/browser.

You didn't write what your end-goal is, but if its for automated testing and like maybe you should check out travis-ci, phantomjs or similar tools.

Answer 2

The problem is that your embeded ECMA (Javascript) code relies on a browser to be executed. The 'document.ready' wont be fired without a browser..