Alternative to innerHTML for IE select box - php

Question

I have a problem that is php data not showing in select box. innerhtml not working in Internet Explorer. long_description_detail_list data not showing in select box.please help me
first page:
<div id="long_description_detail_list" style="display:none;">
<option value="0">Select..</option>
<?php
include_once('Model/Language.php');
$r = new Language();
$a = $r->Select();
for($i = 0; $i < count($a); $i++)
{
print '<option value="'.$a[$i][0].'">'.$a[$i][1].'</option>';
}
?>
</div>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
//Browser Support Code
function create_long_description_detail_div(){
if(count_table_long_description_detail() >=3) {
alert("You can not add more than 3 long_description Details");
}
else {
var ajaxRequest; // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
try{
// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e){
// Internet Explorer Browsers
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e){
// Something went wrong
alert("Your browser broke!");
return false;
}
}
}
// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
var blank_long_description_detail = ajaxRequest.responseText;
document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value ++;
$('#my-all-long_description_details-here').append(blank_long_description_detail);
set_new_height_of_step_2('inc');
var long_description_list_counter = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value;
var long_description_detail_list = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_list').innerHTML;
document.getElementById('llanguage[' + long_description_list_counter + ']').innerHTML = long_description_detail_list;
}
}
var long_description_detail_counter = document.getElementById('long_description_detail_counter').value;
var queryString = "?long_description_detail_counter=" + long_description_detail_counter;
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "Views/User/long_description/add_long_descriptions_detail.php" + queryString, true);
ajaxRequest.send(null);
}
}
</script>
data not showing here in second page named add_long_descriptions_detail.php:
<select id="llanguage[<?php echo $counter; ?>]" name="llanguage[<?php echo $counter; ?>]" class="txtBox">
<option value="0">Select..</option>
</select>

Answer 1

IE doesn’t support updating the elements of a <select> with innerHTML, but what you can do is use the DOM, which is always the right way to go about things anyways.
Make your server-side script return a JSON array of options; it’ll make everything a lot easier.
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(ajaxRequest.readyState === 4) {
// Parse the response
var options = eval('(' + ajaxRequest.responseText + ')');
// Get the box; I have no clue what this is
var box = document.getElementById('llanguage[' + long_description_list_counter + ']');
// Clear any current elements
while(box.childNodes.length > 0) {
box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
// Add new ones
for(var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
var newOption = document.createElement('option');
newOption.value = options[i].value;
newOption.appendChild(document.createTextNode(options[i].text));
}
}
};
(This is a little trimmed-down from your original code, but I’m sure you can fit it in.)
It’s also probably a good idea to use an old-IE-compatible JSON parser instead of eval.
The JSON should look like this:
[
{ "text": "Some text", "value": "some-value" }
]
You can use json_encode to produce it conveniently from a PHP array.