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Problems with %.ajax({ in internet explorer 8

in Using jQuery • 2 years ago

Hi,

we have a problem with the following function in internet explorer 8

function initial() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "/components/js"
});
}

The internet explorer 8 throws the following error:
"Object doesn’t support this property or method”
at the line " $.ajax({".

Is this an error of the internet explorer or a bug in jquery.
The error exists in JQuery 1.2.6 and also 1.4.2.

Thanks for your help.

Kind regard
Tiwood

Replies(2)

micosi

Re: Problems with %.ajax({ in internet explorer 8

1 years ago

Having the same problem, I have done some deep research into the problem and finally figured out what the problem of this very strange behaviour of internet explorer 8 is.

If the page you are rendering is UTF-8, make sure to do the following two things:

Define the Content-Type meta tag in your HTML header <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
Important: Include the following header in your server response "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8". When using PHP set the header using following server side code: header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

The problem is that IE8 behaves very strange when said to render utf-8 in the html meta tag only.

Now the ajax request works as expected in IE8 and all other browsers.

Hope this helps to prevent some serious headaches :-)

Best regards,
Mitja