i want to send variable from one php page to another using jquery ajax

Page 1 js:

  $(document).ready(function () {     $(".btn").on("click", function () {       $.ajax({         type: "GET",         url: "./page.php",         data: { name: "peter" },         success: function (data) {           alert(data);         },       });     });   }); 

Page 2 php:

<?php if(isset($_GET['name'])){     $name =$_GET['name'];     echo $name; } else{     echo "data not recived"; }   ?> 

Here, at the first page it triggers the alert and displays the value of "name" but it doesn't return the value to the destination url and it executes the else statement. Thanks for your help!