Get text string from div

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March 24th, 2007, 10:54 AM

alicats12345

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Get text string from div

i am trying to create a search indexer for my site. but i use php to include the menus and header on every page, so it automatically adds links from those to the index db. i am trying to use javascript to get all the text from a div i specify using id's. the following code gives me an error message:
'd has no properties'

Code:

function getText(divname)
{
  d=document.getElementById(divname);
  return d.value;
}

what can i do instead to get all the text from a div?

March 24th, 2007, 11:00 AM

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The value property only works if you are working with form fields. Use innerHTML instead. It would be return d.innerHTML;

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March 24th, 2007, 01:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by huyaroo

The value property only works if you are working with form fields. Use innerHTML instead. It would be return d.innerHTML;

i am using firefox 2 and have tried what you said.
i just get an document.getElementById(divname) has no properties.

Code:

function getText(divname)
{
	var html = document.getElementById(divname).innerHtml;
	return html;
}

March 25th, 2007, 07:57 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alicats12345

i am using firefox 2 and have tried what you said.
i just get an document.getElementById(divname) has no properties.

Code:

function getText(divname)
{
	var html = document.getElementById(divname).innerHtml;
	return html;
}

i have sorted this out. i had a syntax problem

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