jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery load()

The load() method in jQuery is used to load data from the server and place the returned HTML into the matched elements.

jQuery load() syntax

load( url [, data ] [, complete ] )

jQuery load() example

example

Load another page's list items into an ordered list.

HTML

<b>jQuery Links:</b>
<ul id="links"></ul>

jQuery

$("#links").load("/Main_Page #p-Getting-Started li");

example

Load the content of the file feeds.html
jQuery

$("#feeds").load("feeds.html");

example

POST the additional parameters to the server and a callback that is executed when the server is finished responding.

jQuery

$( "#feeds" ).load( "feeds.php", { limit: 25 }, function() {
  alert( "The last 25 entries in the feed have been loaded" );
});