Hello. Jquery noob, but lovin it. Can't get a rudimentary post to work, but probably missing something very simple. Alerts are working, but div content is never updated. Following in file called "select.php": -------------------------------------------------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http:// www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <?php if(isset($_POST['color'])) { $color = $_POST['color']; } else { $color = 'black'; } ?> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("select").change(function () { var theValue = this.value; //alert(theValue); $.post("select.php", { color: theValue },function(){alert (theValue);}); }); }); </script> <style> div { color:red; } </style> </head> <body> <select name="select" id="select"> <option value=""></option> <option value="red">red</option> <option value="green">green</option> <option value="blue">blue</option> </select> <br><br> <div> <?php echo $color; ?> </div> </body> </html> -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your time...