html object to call php and return string

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I want to call a php script (with args) from HTML and to process the returned data I tried various flavours of :

<object id=test1 data="object.php" type="text/plain">

where object.php just returns a string, like

<?php print "firstText:Hello World";?>

I can't work out how to retrieve the returned string.
I was hoping to find it in something like

document.getElementById("test1").firstText
But no joy
Why am I doing this, you ask?
I'd like to get the page working interactively between the user and the server, avoiding the repainting of the browser window that comes with re-submitting with POST/GET.

BlastWave · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-12 03:09:20Z

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Thanks for your responses. I'm not happy using JQuery - another layer beyond my control I have eventually found the returned text in

document.getElementById("test1").contentDocument.body.firstChild.textContent

which I can then work with. Thanks

answered May 12, 2013 at 3:09

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Paul · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-12 01:45:04Z

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Use AJAX. Here's an example using jQuery:

$.get('yourpage.php', function(response){
    // response contains the string returned by your PHP page.
});

answered May 12, 2013 at 1:45

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Markus013 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-12 01:54:22Z

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PaulPros idea is probably your best method. Don't forget to include jQuery.

Is there any reason you could not just make the .HTML a .php file and include your script?

answered May 12, 2013 at 1:54

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