Call AJAX anchored page from php

[cyberjorge]

1) Script Title: Dynamic Ajax Content

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...jaxcontent.htm

3) Describe problem: Can't load it from php

I need to call an ajax page from a php file, here's a portion of the code in the php, but doesn't seem to work, any work around please?

if (($type == 'test1') && ($loc == 'test2')) {
include("javascript:showdiv('contentarea'); ajaxpage('result.html', 'contentarea');");
} 

The above code in the php won't work, but works with just "index.html" in between include("index.html"). Can anyone help with this?

Thanks in advance!

[thetestingsite]

The following:

include("javascript:showdiv('contentarea'); ajaxpage('result.html', 'contentarea');");

is invalid. You cannot use php to include just a javascript snippet; however, you could echo the js without having to use the "include", or you will have to include an html page with that javascript code on it.

Hope this helps.

[cyberjorge]

thanks for the quick response thetestingsite's

this code won't work either...

echo "<script language=javascript>showdiv('contentarea'); ajaxpage('result.html', 'contentarea'); changeZIndex(4)</script>"; 

I prefer to call this AJAX page all in this php file.

I'm sorry but I'm very new in php but I have to use it though to do my search function.

[thetestingsite]

Can you post a link to a demo page or post the full code so that we can see what it is that you are trying to accomplish and what could be causing it not to work.

[cyberjorge]

This is my complete PHP code the tests the input from a form in my index.html:

<?PHP
if ($_POST['go']) {

   $type = $_POST['prop_type'];
   $loc = $_POST['location'];

     if ($type == "" || $loc == "")
        {
            echo "<script language=javascript>alert('Invalid input!')</script>";
            echo "<script language=javascript>javascript:history.go(-1)</script>";
        }
     else
        {
            if ($type == 'type1' && $loc == 'loc1'){
               //javascript:showdiv... this is how i use this in my html file, in php no good just displays blank page of process.php          
               echo "<script language=javascript>javascript:showdiv('contentarea'); ajaxpage('categorized.html', 'contentarea'); changeZIndex(4);</script>";
            }
            elseif ($type == 'type2' && $loc == 'loc2')
                //javascript:showdiv... this is how i use this in my html file, in php no good just displays blank page of process.php         
                echo "<script language=javascript>javascript:showdiv('contentarea'); ajaxpage('result2.html', 'contentarea'); changeZIndex(4);</script>";
            else
                echo "<script language=javascript>javascript:history.go(-1)</script>";
         }
}
?>

To elaborate my problem further, all the sub pages in my site is loaded using the Dynamic Content Ajax Page script form this link...
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...jaxcontent.htm

Now I have a a search function form the has dropdown lists that when submitted will be processed by a php file (full code above) and then show users the result from a static page. This static should be called using the ajaxpage() function that I can't achieve.

Hopefully there's a way to call this ajaxpage function from external php.

Thanks!

[cyberjorge]

Got a solution for this, but don't know if it's the best step.

I put the whole code of my php file in the index instead.
This way I can easily call the JavaScript function, of course need to change the index.html to index.php