Is it possible to put an include in innerHTML?

It didn't seem to work for me.

var.onclick = function() {
    var2.innerHTML = "<?php include('file.html'); ?>";
}

Is what I tried to do.

I know I have to learn some ajax now but I have never toucehd ajax so any guidance would be graaaaaaaand.

Whatever is in the <?php include?> will be returned exactly where you put it. You need to simply look at your source code to see how it looks. The most important thing to consider is likely the inclusion of quotes within quotes, which need to be backslashed in any case. Your idea is unique, and perhaps not terrible, but limited by that fact.

It is possible to include bits of HTML with AJAX, with a method that has become known by some as AHAH. It isn't that hard, if you get the hang of it.

If you are like me, it is even easier. I do it with jQuery, in a single line, like this:

$("#someid").load("path/to/file.php");

Right since it's dynamically loading according to a link a user clicks on it will have to speak with the server again if i want to use an include.

I already have this working with iframes but there was some freak out with the client with SEO and search engines not reading content in iframes and such.

loading content via javascript won't be seen by search engines either.

What you should do it load the content statically, add a CSS class to it that makes it invisible, then onclick, remove the class, and presto, it appears!

Hello,

Well, that's certainly not possible.

Include is a server side directive for PHP to include a file that's listed.

PHP - is a server side language. I.e., it works before the content reaches the browser.

Javscript is a client side language. I.e. it works after the content reaches the browser.

So when in any client side script there's no way to use any PHP function like Include, cause PHP is just not there to process the instructions.

Hope that helped

Cyril gupta

I know I have to learn some ajax now but I have never toucehd ajax so any guidance would be graaaaaaaand.

A basic AJAX call to include the output from an PHP file would be

<script type="text/javascript">
function ajaxFunction()
{
var oRequest;
try {
        oRequest=new XMLHttpRequest();
     } catch (e)   {
     try {
          oRequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
          } catch (e) {
          try {
              oRequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
               } catch (e) {
                   alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
                  return false;
               }
         }
      }
   oRequest.onreadystatechange=function() {
    if(oRequest.readyState==4)
      {
          document.getElementById("var2").innerHTML = oRequest.responseText;
      }
    }
  oRequest.open("GET","file.php",true);
  oRequest.send(null);
  }
</script>

file.php would look like;

PHP Code:

<?php include('file.html'); ?>

I'll not overload you with reuseable objects at this stage.