I am encountering an issue with passing the AJAX success array from one function to another. It seems that I am unable to transfer the data stored in a variable within the success section of the AJAX function to the parent function for return.
I tried to find a solution by referring to this post, but unfortunately, I couldn't make sense of it: jQuery Ajax call - Set variable value on success
I would greatly appreciate any help or guidance on this matter.
Below is a simplified version of the code:
// declare json_to_return as a global variable
var json_to_return;
function loop_through_data(){
// invoke the load_days function and store its array data in days_array
var days_data = load_days(03,2010);
// my goal is to iterate through days_data at this point
}
function load_days(selectedMonth, selectedYear){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: "../includes/get_availability.php",
data: "month=" + selectedMonth + "&year=" + selectedYear,
success: function(available_json){
json_to_return = available_json;
},
error: function(msg){
alert("error " + msg);
}
});
return json_to_return;
}