[|Acheron|]

Hi all,

I've got a table on showthread that I would like to refresh with the quick reply to fetch new live data. I can easily get a div in the table switched from 'none' to '' by adding a line in vbulletin_quick_reply.js like

fetch_object('my_div_id').style.display = '';

... but of course that doesn't help me when the table contains live data. Is there anyone who can lend a hand here? To reiterate, I simply want this table refreshed on quick reply using AJAX. TIA :-)

* testing

[Code Monkey]

You would need to offer much more info than that. That's much to vague.

[|Acheron|]

OK, will do my best Code Monkey.

I have a problem/solution forum, much like the one I've come across on google many times where it says 'Reply to View the Solution.'

The solution is in a table at the top of the thread evaluated in showthread.php When a user replies to the post, I would like this table re-evaluated so they can then view the solution.

Obviously they could just refresh showthread but that would confuse the heck out of them. So I figured I would either try to get some help on the ajax solution or I suppose I could disable ajax so the standard redirect is used - but that would make me sad (ajax is nice).

PHP/MySQL I do fine but I never got a handle on .js and now ajax has really got me lost. I understand the concept and small bits of the code, but I'm just not able to throw anything together.

[Code Monkey]

You need to be able to identify the elements that contain different bits of data. There are many ways to do this but all will involve using javascript and DOM, AJAX. I would just assign an id attribute to the div. Then when they reply I would empty the contents and use javascript to create all data. Then place that data in the div.

You're going to need to educate yourself on the basics of javascript and DOM. You might want to check out Simply JavaScript or the AJAX books at Sitepoint. Practical Books for Web Developers and Designers Their books are always well laid out and you can usually download the first four chapters for free.

Once you get AJAX it's pretty easy from their on out.