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I have the following HTML code for my file upload

<div id="status"></div>

<iframe name="upifrm" src="" style="display:none;"></iframe>

<form name="myForm" id="myForm" action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="upifrm">
<label for="fileinput" id="brsbtn" class="labtrigg">label</label> 
<input type="file" id="fileinput" name="file" />
</form>

<div id="atchs"></div>

and at the end of my upload.php file I have

// . . . . . . . . . . . . .     
// $message declaration . . .

echo '<script>
parent.document.getElementById("myForm").reset(); 
parent.document.getElementById("status").innerHTML="'.$message.'";
$("#atchs", window.parent.document).after("<span>something</span>");
</script>';

the first two lines work perfectly (they are written in pure Javascript code), but I get the error on the third line 

$("#atchs", window.parent.document).after("<span>something</span>");

"Object expected". How can I solve this problem?

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you call $("#atchs", window.parent.document).("<span>something</span>"); in your iframe ? do you have jquery included in the iframe ? – t.niese Apr 27 at 13:55
Your first two lines are of conventional js why are you using jQuery method on third line ? – Rikesh Apr 27 at 13:57
I have included jQuery on my main HTML file. Iframe is on this HTML file. Rikesh, I want to rewrite whole code in jQuery, so above code is just an example. Thank you. – Paramore Apr 27 at 14:01
window.parent.document < are you sure that this doesn't result in undefined? – bwoebi Apr 27 at 14:02
Bwoebi, yes I'm sure. I tested it – Paramore Apr 27 at 14:05

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try this one Make sure in your parent page youhave included jQuery file

top.jQuery("#atchs").html("<span>something</span>");

hope this makes sense

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Thank you very much Dianuj! – Paramore Apr 27 at 14:14
you are welcome :) – dianuj Apr 27 at 14:33
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Even if you have jQuery included, there should be a function name here:

$("#atchs", window.parent.document).("<span>something</span>");
                                    ^^^

Something like append, prepend, html, text, or whatever you're trying to do. It cannot be just a dot and parentheses.

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Oh, sorry, I edited my post. I missed it – Paramore Apr 27 at 14:07

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