Question

I had a function below which stores distances from two locations using google maps api. those results are stored in volunteerDist and there is a defined jid array. Document.write in line 5 showed the contents of each element in the array. Now, when I alert the Object.prototype… of volunteerDist, is says object Array. But when I called $.ajax and transferred volunteerDist into data and alert it (as shown below), it returns undefined and success (meaning data is stored but the contents are undefined). Any help? Thanks

function getABC(){
for(s=0;s<length;s++){
    volunteerlocation = new GLatLng(jlat[s], jlng[s]);
    volunteerDist[s] = (Math.round((eventlocation.distanceFrom(volunteerlocation) / 1000)*10)/10);
    document.write(volunteerDist[s] + '<br> ');
    document.write(jid[s] + '<br> ');
}

alert(Object.prototype.toString.call(volunteerDist));

 $.ajax({
    type:'POST',
    url: 'toDistance.php',
    data : ({
        distance:volunteerDist,
        id:jid
    }),
    success: function(data){
         alert(data);
         alert('worked');
    },
   error :function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        alert(errorThrown);
    },
   complete : function(){
       alert('thanks');
   }
});
}

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Update:

Below is my toDistance.php

<?php
    $distance=array();
    $volunteerid=array();
    if(empty($_GET)){
        echo "Hello";
    }
    else{

        $distance = isset($_GET['distance']) ? $_GET['distance'] : 0;
        $volunteerid = isset($_GET['id']) ? $_GET['id'] : 0;
        $connect = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
        mysql_select_db("mapping");


        for($i=0;$i<$distance.length;$i++){
            $updateDistance = mysql_query("
            UPDATE volunteerbio
            SET volunteerDistance = $distance[$i]
            WHERE volunteerID = $volunteerid[$i];
            ");
        }
    }
?>

Answer 1

It’s now the same data variable! It’s in other scope.

The data in the success function is what the server returned. Give it other name if it confuses you.

$.ajax({
    type:'POST',
    url: 'toDistance.php',
    data : ({
        distance:volunteerDist,
        id:jid
    }),
    success: function(result){ // Data sent from the server. not the data above!
         alert(result);
         alert('worked');
    },
   error :function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        alert(errorThrown);
    },
   complete : function(){
       alert('thanks');
   }
});