I’m trying to load a complete PHP file which includes it’s own stylesheets and scripts (html/php, html5 video player = jplayer) into a div that I’ve placed in a WordPress template.
I’ve seen a few examples of how some have loaded elements into div tags from a WordPress page, but for some reason they have not worked for me.
So far I’ve tried:
Need some help with jQuery AJAX request loading a PHP document into a DIV Container
and
How To Load A PHP Script Using AJAX?
But neither have resulted in the external php file to actually display in the div when the WordPress template is loaded in a browser.
The page I’m trying to load is located at the WordPress root, in it’s own directory where it houses it’s included required css and js files (ex. http://mylocaltest.com/localWordpressRoot/vizPlayer/fileToBeLoaded.php)
Here is the script I’m loading within the div on the WordPress template page:
<?php
/*
* template name: Global Headlines
*/
global $isBlog;
$isBlog = true;
get_template_part('page', 'config');
get_header(); ?>
<div id="vizPlayer" style="left:0;top:75px;width:50%; height:90%; margin:0; padding:0; background:#000; position:fixed; z-index:51">
<script type="text/javascript">
function loadContent(id) {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "/vizPlayer/fileToBeLoaded.php",
dataType: 'html',
data: {param: id},
success: function(html){
$("#vizPlayer").html(html);
},
error: function(){
},
complete: function(){
}
});
}
</script>
</div>
Any tips would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance!
If you use an absolute url in your javascript, that url is relative to the root of the web-server, so:
Would load:
instead of:
You should add your local WordPress root to the path.
I’ve since decided to use the Object tag (below example), but I’m still interested in using the AJAX methods above!