How to load PHP file into DIV by jQuery?

Question

I am developing a website and I have this on the side menu :

<a href="#" class="leftMenu" id="contact">Contact Us</a>

then I have this script

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#contact").click(function(){
    $("#contents").load('home.php');
  });
});

and I have this DIV inside my page :

<div class="contentWrapper" id="contents"></div>

Obviously, what I am trying to do is to load home.php when I click on the Contact Us hyperlink, which doesn't work. What is wrong with my code?

Answer 1

You can use $.load() like this, to get more data of whats happening. When you see the error message, you probably can solve it yourself ^^

$("#contents").load("home.php", function(response, status, xhr) {
  if (status == "error") {
      // alert(msg + xhr.status + " " + xhr.statusText);
      console.log(msg + xhr.status + " " + xhr.statusText);
  }
});

Answer 2

add home.php page url instead of file name.

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#contact").click(function(){
    $("#contents").load('url to home.php');
  });
});