Thanks for responding, and checking the code.
i guess i should have noted: i'm also using FirePHP, so there are
lines in place sending debug log lines back to Firebug. However, on
only this particular call, absolutely nothing gets sent back from the
server. Not even a log line saying the PHP
i presume the page hasn't already unloaded, because the document is
still visible, Firebug can still break at my designated markers, the
alert('Wait!') line still executes AFTER the Ajax call, and only
after i clear the alert does the page actually clear. Being that i'm
setting
DAMMIT!
i found the bugger. It was a similar piece of PHP in a different file
that gets called when the page LOADS!
Everything was getting cleaned up before the piece i'm examining could
ever happen.
By the way, Firebug WAS reporting the FirePHP logs. It just happens
that it was displaying them