AJAX Calls not working

HurricaneDevelopment

I am using DataTables version 1.10.2. I am dealing with thousands of data sets so I am using server side processing. I cannot even get the file to run via ajax. I am trying to run the file with test.php which is shown below.

<?php file_put_contents("itworked.txt","itworked"); ?>

I have attempted to create the DataTable with the following tactics, however the file is never created. If I visit the link through a browser then the file is created.

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#playertimes').dataTable({
"bProcessing": true,
"bServerSide": true,
"sAjaxSource": "http://domain.com/path/plugins/plugin_Timer/assets/php/test.php"
});
});

$(document).ready(function() {
$('#playertimes').dataTable({
"serverSide": true,
"ajax": "http://domain.com/path/plugins/plugin_Timer/assets/php/test.php"
});
});
Why is the file not being called?