使用选择器加载jQuery

I would like to know how or if it is possible to use selectors in an ajax request with jQuery

What I would like to achieve, is something like this

$(".classname").load("something.html $(".classname:contains('some text')").parent()");

In other words I would like to pass a complex selector to the requested page other than just a class or an id.

Can anybody help, or is this just impossible? I can't seem to find any other thread where this has been asked!

.load assumes the text following a space following the URL is a selector. It has to be a textual selector. You have accidentally included the javascript equivalent in the string instead. Try this:

$('.classname').load('something.html .classname:contains("some text"):parent');

You could use .get instead if the selector is complex.

$.get("something.html", function(data){
  $(".classname").html($(".classname:contains('some text')", data).parent().html());
}, "html");

$('.classname').load('something.html *:has(.classname:contains("some text"))')