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this code gives me an error saying "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected string" on line:

"$("#mainPage").load('pages/' . name . '.php');"

why? should i show the entire page code?

$("#mainPage").fadeTo(500, 0, function() {
    name = $(button).attr('name');
    $("#mainPage").load('pages/' . name . '.php');
    var page = "pages/" .name. ".php";
    var state = {
      "canBeAnything": true
    };

    history.pushState(state, "new Page", "main.php?page="+page);
});
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+ is concatenation operator in Javascript, as against . in php – karthikr Aug 10 '14 at 19:50
up vote 9 down vote accepted

JavaScript uses + for concatenation, not .

Additionally, you should use var name = ... instead of just name = ... to avoid creating a global!

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You used PHP style concatenation, instead of Javascript style for that line.

$("#mainPage").load('pages/' + name + '.php');
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