This dynamic script (taken from dynamicdrive) allows me to fill a div with the specified id dynamically:
var bustcachevar=1 //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
var loadedobjects=""
var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname
var bustcacheparameter=""
function ajaxpage(url, containerid){
var page_request = false
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
page_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
try {
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e){
try{
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e){}
}
}
else
return false
page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
loadpage(page_request, containerid)
}
if (bustcachevar) //if bust caching of external page
bustcacheparameter=(url.indexOf("?")!=-1)? "&"+new Date().getTime() : "?"+new Date().getTime()
page_request.open('GET', url+bustcacheparameter, true)
page_request.send(null)
}
function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}
Everything was running smoothly until I encountered an issue while loading a page containing special characters like a euro sign. Even though the codepages were set correctly on the page, it displayed a question mark instead. I lack the necessary knowledge of JavaScript to address this problem.
Thank you in advance for any insights you can provide!
NOTE: A friend informed me that saving the file in UTF-8 format resolves the issue when using this script. However, since I cannot guarantee that every page I load is UTF-8 encoded, my question is:
Is there a way to have the script automatically set the correct charset? Can the script be modified to adapt to the codepage of the file being loaded?