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Asked: 2026-06-09T19:04:35+00:00

How can an external javascript file be injected into a div. When I try

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How can an external javascript file be injected into a div. When I try to set it using below code, the div ‘toupdate’ is not updated with new javascript file.

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function () {
      $('#toupdate').html('<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/5968383.js"></script>');
});

</script>

    <body>
    <div id="toupdate">
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/6343621.js"></script>
    </div>

    </body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Your replacement code is being executed before the div ‘toupdate’ has loaded, you either need to move the <script> tag to after the div or put you replacement code within a $(document).ready() function like so:

    $(document).ready(function () {
  $('#toupdate').html('<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/5968383.js"></script>');
});

    EDIT:

    tested and working example:

    $(document).ready(function() {
    $('#toupdate').children('script').attr('src', 'http://static.polldaddy.com/p/5968383.js');
});​

    JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/m7q3H/45/

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