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jQuery html() not adding html to div

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The HTML code that you try to add is invalid. You can't add a whole HTML document inside another.

Guffa 2010-09-01 22:55:38

it doesn't work with valid html either

syn4k 2010-09-01 22:59:04

Try the test code I just added in the original bug

syn4k 2010-09-01 22:59:57

You are still trying to add a whole HTML document inside another. Try something like `$('#crap').html('<div>just an HTML snippet</div>')`.

Guffa 2010-09-01 23:36:50

Yes, I know that. I'm doing that on purpose. It is a requirement to store one html doc insdide a div

syn4k 2010-09-01 23:42:13

Thanks all, I elected to manipulate the HTML in PHP rather than in the DOM

syn4k 2010-09-01 23:48:30

@syn4k: That will get rid of the error message, but it still won't work properly. The browser will try to render the invalid HTML as well as it can, but the result is unpredictable.

Guffa 2010-09-02 00:31:53

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I agree, whole HTML document cannot be contained in another HTML doc. My idea would be is to contain your HTML document in an <iframe> tag. HTML iframe tag

samer 2010-09-01 23:07:55

Good idea but iframe expects an html file as its source. I only have raw html that is generated by $.ajax() services

syn4k 2010-09-01 23:43:21

@syn4k - You could use PHP to create a file with the required HTML, then, on another page, you can insert an `iframe` with jQuery and set its `src` to that of the PHP created file.

Peter Ajtai 2010-09-02 01:12:39

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