Dynamically load a JavaScript file

Question

How can you reliably and dynamically load a JavaScript file? This will can be used to implement a module or component that when \'initialized\' the component will dynamical

Answer 1

i've used yet another solution i found on the net ... this one is under creativecommons and it checks if the source was included prior to calling the function ...

you can find the file here: include.js

/** include - including .js files from JS - bfults@gmail.com - 2005-02-09
 ** Code licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 
 ** http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
 **/              
var hIncludes = null;
function include(sURI)
{   
  if (document.getElementsByTagName)
  {   
    if (!hIncludes)
    {
      hIncludes = {}; 
      var cScripts = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
      for (var i=0,len=cScripts.length; i < len; i++)
        if (cScripts[i].src) hIncludes[cScripts[i].src] = true;
    }
    if (!hIncludes[sURI])
    {
      var oNew = document.createElement("script");
      oNew.type = "text/javascript";
      oNew.src = sURI;
      hIncludes[sURI]=true;
      document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(oNew);
    }
  }   
}