Question

I can’t seem to figure out this problem. I am trying to get xml to render html tags. The problem I am having using .text() will display but not recognize any html tags. If I use .html() or just call var long2 = $(this).find(‘long’); nothing will show up in Safari or IE.

I have xml paragraph

I have text in here that needs bold tags or tags which is why i need html tags in the xml to be recognized.

Code:

$(document).ready(function(){
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: "xml/sites.xml",
            dataType: "xml",
            success: function(xml) {
                $(xml).find('site').each(function(){
                    var id = $(this).attr('id');
                    var title = $(this).find('title').text();
                    var Class = $(this).find('class').text();
                    $('<div class="'+Class+'" id="link_'+id+'"></div>').html('<p class="title">'+title+'</p>').appendTo('#page-wrap');
                    $(this).find('desc').each(function(){
                        var url = $(this).find('url').text();
                        var long = $(this).find('long').text();
                        $('<div class="long"></div>').html(long).appendTo('#link_'+id);
                        $('#link_'+id).append('<a href="http://'+url+'">'+url+'</a>');
                             var long2  = $(this).find('long');
                             $('<div class="long2"></div>').html(long2).appendTo('#link_'+id);

                    });
                });
            }
        });

Answer 1

.html() does not work with XML documents. You should wrap the HTML content in the XML file with <![CDATA[your code here]]>.