Lazy loading with jsTree

Question

I am trying to dynamically load the nodes of a jtree when they are expanded. The little documentation I found is at the end of this page.

I found some solutions that cre

Answer 1

Extending Nathans answer with a (very minimalistic) example: the Demo tree with lazy loading.

JS:

$('#the_tree').jstree({
    'core' : {
        'data' : {
            'url' : "tree/ajax.php", 
              'data' : function (node) {
                  return { 'id' : node.id };
              }
        }
    },

});

PHP:

header('Content-Type: application/json');

if ( $_GET["id"] === "#" ) { 
    $data = array(
            array( "id" => "ajson1", "parent" => "#", "text" => "Simple root node"  ),
            array( "id" => "ajson2", "parent" => "#", "text" => "Root node 2", "children" => true ),

    );
}

else if ( $_GET["id"] === "ajson2" ) {
    $data = array(
        array( "id" => "ajson3", "parent" => "ajson2", "text" => "Child 1" ),
        array( "id" => "ajson4", "parent" => "ajson2", "text" => "Child 2" )
    );
}

echo json_encode( $data);

only Nodes that have "children" : true, will generate a request for children when opened, other nodes are treated as leaves.