[jQuery] newbie php .get question

[jsnewbie]

Newbie here. Thanks for any help.
Serving php 4.4.7 locally from Apache / mac 10.3.9 jQuery1.2.1 -
php's running so I don't *think* it's an Apache/php issue.

I'm trying to load dynamic variables from php but so far I get the
whole script:
$(document).ready(function(){
        $("a").click(function() {
                $.get('print.php', { name: this.name, id: this.id },
                function(data){
                        alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
                });
                return false;
        });
});
Alerts:
<?php
print ("hello world");
?>
Instead of the hoped for 'hello world'