Question

I am trying to run the script getNewFollowing.pl from jquery, here is the code:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#cross").livequery("click", function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        $.post("getNewFollowing.pl, 
        function(data){
         $('#follow_name1').text(data.userName);
           $('#follow_email1').text(data.userEmail);                    
     });

  });
});

When I click the link with ID="cross", it should call a perl file which returns userName and userEmail.

This code is not invoking the perl script. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You’re missing a quote (“) after “getNewFollowing.pl”.

$(function(){
    $("#cross").livequery("click", function(e){
       e.preventDefault();
       $.post("getNewFollowing.pl", {}, function(data){
           $('#follow_name1').text(data.userName);
           $('#follow_email1').text(data.userEmail);                    
       });
    });
});

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