Nested page; function calls

[malfdawg]

Hello I am using a small, simple script to update a content box labeled contentDiv. To call the function I am using a link on my homepage (index.htm) which looks like the following:

<a class="" href="#" onclick="loadXMLDoc(0)">featured</a>

And here is my js function:

function loadXMLDoc(DocNum)
{
	DocNames=['../content/featured.php','../content/news.php','../content/projects.php','../content/nomads.php','../content/rfrancis.php'];
	MyDoc=DocNames[DocNum];
var xmlhttp;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else
  {
  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
  {
  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
    document.getElementById("contentDiv").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
    }
  }
xmlhttp.open("GET", MyDoc ,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}

So far all of this works perfectly, so this is where I'm getting stuck. Let us assume I clicked the 'featured' link above and my contentDiv area changed to the content within featured.php. Is it possible or how would I go about making a link within the featured.php page to the SAME area (contentDiv)?

Example:
I click the link to load featured.php into contentDiv, and within featured.php is yet another link which can change contentDiv to anyother.php... Possible???

[devnull69]

yes ... you should have onclick="loadXMLDoc(...)" for the link in featured.php and then you need anyother.php in the DocNames array and use its index for the loadXMLDoc call.

Once loaded the result/content of featured.php has the same context / DOM as index.htm ... so you are still on index.htm and you can use its javascript function loadXMLDoc() from there.

[malfdawg]

yes I see... because css works this way I assumed it were true for javascript as well, I only ended up here because I didnt think it was working... maybe I didnt check all my spelling or something... well I'll try again. Thank you devnull69, you seem to be the one who always helps me! =D

[devnull69]

You're welcome :-)