elflacodepr Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hello all, I'm doing a website using only client-side languages, I thought might be a good idea to use Javascript to read a file which contains News about the website...Is there any way I can do this? if so, can you give an example, I'm not good with JS Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 what type of file do you wish to read using javascript? And is it on the same server? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elflacodepr Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 I want to read an HTML containing the news and yes, the file will be in same server Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 The only way that it's possible to read a server file client side is to use AJAX. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elflacodepr Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 alright...so how I can do it? I mean...the scripting Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 AJAX isn't something I can explain in 2 minutes, so I suggest you read a tutorial or two. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardRotterdam Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Ajax is indeed the way to go. Here is an old Ajax topic but it still works http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,115581.0.html Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-785706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Or, Create those "files" as javascript and then simply include them using a javascript SRC attribute. Besides, AJAX requires server-side code and you already stated you are only using client-side code. Example: main.htm <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function() { document.getElementById('events').innerHTML = eventsHTML; } </script> <script src="events.inc.js"></script> </head> <body> Here are today's events: <div id="events"></div> </body> </html> events.inc.js //Create the events html code as a variable //var eventsHTML; var eventsHTML = ''; eventsHTML += '<ul>'; eventsHTML += '<li>Underwater basket weaving</li>'; eventsHTML += '<li>Naked decathalon</li>'; eventsHTML += '<li>Hula Hoop Football</li>'; eventsHTML += '</ul>'; Resulting page will show ================== Here are today's events: Underwater basket weaving Naked decathalon Hula Hoop Football Of course, using javascript for something like this (including AJAX) is a poor solution. This really should be implemented server-side. But, you can also check if your server supports Server Side Includes (SSI) which will allow you to include an HTML file inside another HTML file. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-786259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 "Besides, AJAX requires server-side code and you already stated you are only using client-side code." AJAX in no way requires server-side code. AJAX requires server side code no more than Internet Explorer or Firefox does ;p. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-786336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 AJAX in no way requires server-side code. AJAX requires server side code no more than Internet Explorer or Firefox does ;p. Ah, yes. I was thinking about the "reading" of a file and didn't consider XML. You could, of course, read/parse an XML file with JavaScript. If there is a way to read/parse fiels with AJAX that are not XML, please elaborate. I still contend that a server-side language is the way to go due to cross-browser issue whenever dealing with javascript. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/149555-read-file/#findComment-786449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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