Is there any way to load some text from another file into javascript, without server side code?
I was thinking to use another element to hold the text inside some comments, but I don't know how to read it's source code with javascript.
Something like:
<script src="myfile.js"></script>
<script> function readMyText() { ... }</script>
In myfile.js:
/* some text */
Without using ajax or any server code... sorry mate but you can't :(
You can put anything you want into a script tag if you give it a "type" that's not something the browser understands as meaning "JavaScript":
<script id='Turtle' type='text/poem'>
Turtle, turtle, on the ground;
Pink and shiny - turn around.
</script>
You can get the contents via the "innerHTML" property:
var poemScript = document.getElementById('Turtle');
var poem = poemScript.innerHTML;
Here is a jsfiddle to demonstrate.
That trick is popular lately with people doing client-side page building via templates.
Building on Pointy's answer, to import from local files do this:
<script src="foo.txt" id="text" type="text">
</script>
You could also use this to target an external file:
<script src="http://foo.txt"></script>
