Thanks for the replies! :D
On Jun 1, 1:12 pm, Isaac Gonzalez <ier...@gmail.com> wrote: > I personally would just use jQuery's .get() method. Then with your PHP > pages you can use xml, json, or html snippets. I tend to use html > snippets. > > i.e. > > HTML > <a href="MyNewBadAssDynamicPage.php?id=1" id="BadAssPage1">View Bad > Ass Page</a> > <div id="BadAssPageContent"></div> > > JAVASCRIPT - > $('#BadAssPage1').click(function(){ > var pagelink = $('#BadAssPage1').attr('href'); > $.get(pagelink, function(data){ > $('#BadAssPageContent').html(data); > }); > > }); > > PHP - MyNewBadAssDynamicPage.php > > <?php > $id = $_GET['id'] > // load db stuff form $id > ?> > <div class="coolstuff"><?php echo $dbStuff; ?></div> > > When I was first learning jQuery one thing help me get use to the idea > of ajax is not to think of databases or dynamic data. jQuery really > could careless if it's loading a php, asp, js, or even html page. All > it needs is a valid link to load the data. Once the data is loaded it > then needs a function to decide what to do with the data. That's it. > > Coming from a PHP & Actionscript background I would say the hardest > part of learning jQuery was excepting it's simplicity. > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Mike C wrote: > > > > > So I'm going to be printing a list of items from a database, and with > > each item there will be a link printed with it. Essentially, I want > > something like <a href="link from database" id="link_1">Load</a>, > > except I want the link to use ajax. So in my scripts.js file I'll have > > something like $('#link_1').click( function() { $('#link_1').load > > ("link from database")}); I want to get the link from database from > > the PHP file that contains the initial link. How would I do this?