You are not sending down a Content-type: text/xml header, so the browser is interpreting your XML as plain text.
To confirm this suspicion, change your alert to: alert( xml ); You want the alert to display something like [object XMLwhatever]. Instead, it will probably display the actual XML text. This indicates that it was interpreted as plain text. Adding the header will fix that. -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of millisami > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 12:28 AM > To: discuss@jquery.com > Subject: [jQuery] The format of xml response > > > The following is the interface file: > <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> > $(document).ready(function(){ > $("a").click(function(){ > $.post("ajax-post-handler.php",{ > name: "John", > address: "123 Main St." > }, function(xml){ > alert( $("name",xml).text() ); > } > ); > return(false); > }); > }); > </script> > </head> > > <body> > <a href="http://jquery.com/";>jQuery</a> > <div id="maindiv"></div> > </body> > </html> > > The following is the handling file. The above form posts to > this file to handle. > <?php > $name=$_POST['name']; > $address=$_POST['address']; > $returnXML = "<response> > <name>Sachin</name> > <address>Sagar</address> > </response>"; > echo $returnXML; > ?> > > But when the alert is shown, its blank. I couldn't figure out > wats hapenning. I think the problem is reading back the > <name> in the XML format or the alert( $("name",xml).text() ); syntax. > Is the returning XML is in the correct format? > Is the $("name",xml).text() syntax correct? > Help me out plz. > Thanks > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/The-format-of-xml-response-tf2138761.htm > l#a5902309 > Sent from the JQuery forum at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
