How do I load html into a variable with jquery

Question

I know I can load in html in to a div with:

$(\"#my_div\").load(\"http://www.mypage.com\");

but I want to do is load html into a variable l

Answer 1

You could also create an element in memory and use load() on it:

var $div = $('
');

$div.load('index.php #somediv', function(){
    // now $(this) contains #somediv
});

The advantage is that you can specify which part of index.php you want to load by using a selector ( #somediv )