How to use ajax to display php in modal ascent

Question

Hi, I :) I'm trying to figure out how I can capture some content via ajax in a jQuery script im. I am trying to customize this script according to my needs, its a pretty direct forwrd:

$('a.poplight[href^=#]').click(function() {
 var popID = $(this).attr('rel'); //Get Popup Name
 var popURL = $(this).attr('href'); //Get Popup href to define size

 //Pull Query & Variables from href URL
 var query= popURL.split('?');
 var dim= query[1].split('&');
 var popWidth = dim[0].split('=')[1]; //Gets the first query string value

 //Fade in the Popup and add close button
 jQuery('#' + popID).fadeIn(200).css({ 'width': Number( popWidth ) });


 //Define margin for center alignment (vertical   horizontal) - we add 80px to the height/width to accomodate for the padding
 var popMargTop = ($('#' + popID).height() + 80) / 2;
 var popMargLeft = ($('#' + popID).width() + 80) / 2;

 //Apply Margin to Popup
 jQuery('#' + popID).css({
     'margin-top' : -popMargTop,
     'margin-left' : -popMargLeft
 });

 //Fade in Background
 $('body').append('<div id="fade"></div>'); //Add the fade layer to bottom of the body tag.
 $('#fade').css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=80)'}).fadeIn(); //Fade in the fade layer - .css({'filter' : 'alpha(opacity=80)'}) IE

 return false;


});

 //Close Popups and Fade Layer
 $('a.close, #fade, .cancel').live('click', function() { //When clicking on the close or fade layer...
     $('#fade , .popup_block').fadeOut(function() {
         $('#fade, a.close').remove();  //fade them both out
      $('form').clearForm();
 });
     return false;
 });

It calls a div that is hidden. I would just like to call a php file that contains all the content. it looks like html:

<a href="#?w=480" rel="whatever" class="poplight"><input type="button" class="button" value="update"/></a>

any ideas? Thanks in advance:)

Ok, I tried the jQuery UI dialog box ... and I have to say it is frustrating ... I know that it is difficult to follow someones elses coding, but in fact I can configure almost everything, except how to use this code for retrieving data and displaying it in a popup menu, since href causes a modal size, not some actual content

lol

Answer 1

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