javascript calling controler without form

[eluser]dippy[/eluser]
[quote author="attos" date="1254249935"]You are correct. To pass a parameter to the controller you should add a 'data' element to the ajax call. The trick is that it has to be a javascript object.

Lets assume you some how get the id into a variable, called id.

Your ajax call should look like this (plan text, no code highlighting, I noticed that highlighting the code chops off the <?php and ?&gt:[/quote]

so if i wanted to just include a .js script to the view the php wont render will it?

i have to add the js to lets say: $data['extraHeadContent'] =


is there anyway around this? i try and use external js when im building a full site with ajax calls.

any thoughts on this?

other than that i got it going. thank you.