[Resolved] XMLHttpRequest

[RossC0]

Ok, more of a javascript question! But its all about getting javascript and my php pages working in union!

I have a xmlhttprequest -- which calls a php page - which itself has some javascript functions.

However, when I add the the text using:
element.innerHTML = loadedPage.responseText;

I run into problems when the page returned includes javascript.

It all looks fine through the DOM Inspector but it doesnt run the javascript - and doesn't see the functions.

Any ideas if there is a way round this ?

[mtmosier]

Interesting, but it does make sense that the browser isn't going to go through html added via innerhtml and parse the js. The way around would be to separate the js returned from the html, and eval the js part.

[RossC0]

Its never simple! 😉

Will have to try that and see how I get on!

Thanks for your help!

[RossC0]

eval is fine for simple javascript statements - but doesn't seem to be able to handle the creation of new javascript functions dynamically...

[mtmosier]

I tested that before I posted previously. Worked fine for me with IE6, FF, and Opera 8.

The problem you're likely running into is that when you eval a new function into existence inside another function it is only available inside that function.