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Asked: 2026-05-27T07:58:54+00:00

I’m following the tutorial from w3schools on ajax search and I’m having some trouble

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I’m following the tutorial from w3schools on ajax search and I’m having some trouble tweaking the code. The structure I got is:

search.php – ( Where the search terms ?q=search will output a result as echo $result )

livesearch.php – ( Where it will exchange information between search.php and search.html )

search.html – ( Where it contains java script and what not )

How can I, please, make it instead of grabbing information from XML, grab from the output string in search.php? In other words, if the HTTP request is “livesearch.php?q=searchTerm”, I want to output “searchTerm.”

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  1. Editorial Team

    The tutorial on the site is providing you with that answer: responseText. If you set that to an element’s innerHTML, of course, it’ll display as HTML.

    I would suggest not reinventing the wheel, though, and use jQuery, Prototype, or some other JS framework for that kind of thing.

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