Question

I am trying to pass a variabel from a .click event to a colorbox plugin like so:

$('.w_price_assess p.price_report > a').live('click', function() {

    var $reportRef = $(this).attr('href');

    var $reportID = $reportRef.substr($reportRef.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);

    return false;

});

I need $reportID to be visible to an AJAX call to form part of a URL.

Can this be done? My knowledge of doing this is limited obviously 🙁

Answer 1

How about declaring the variable outside of click event and giving it public visibility:

var $reportID = null;

$('.w_price_assess p.price_report > a').live('click', function() {

    var $reportRef = $(this).attr('href');

    $reportID = $reportRef.substr($reportRef.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);

    return false;

});

Now you can use $reportID elsewhere in your script too.