> Michael Geary wrote:
> > You're still expecting things to happen in the wrong order.
> > It's *inside the callback* that the data becomes available,
> > and this is long after isTracked() returns.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yes, but I want have a function that will return what i get from
> istracked.php to use it like that:
>
> function isTracked(...)
> {
> $.get('istracked.php',...);
> return value_from_istrackedphp
> }
> //and then
>
> if (isTracked(...)=='true')
> //thing A
> else
> //thing B
>
The only way to do that is to use a synchronous $.ajax call:
http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.ajax#options
But beware! This has the extremely negative effect of completely locking up the
browser window - and all other browser windows in
many browsers - until your server returns the ajax data.
Do you want to do this this merely for coding convenience, or is there an
actual reason that your code *has* to work this way? If
it's just for convenience, I strongly recommend using a callback function
instead. But if there's a real need for it, the
synchronous $.ajax will do the trick.
-Mike
