Question

I’ve got this code:

function nameToCode(nameGroup) {

    $.post("execute.php", { something: sendSomething }, function(data) {

       return data;

    });

}

variable = nameToCode("some text");

But only thing I get to variable is undefined, any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

The result won’t be available immediately, so you’ll have to structure your code a bit differently:

function nameToCode(nameGroup, callback) {
    $.post("execute.php", { something: sendSomething }, function(data) {
            callback(data);
    });
}

nameToCode("some text", function(variable)
{
    /* use variable here */
});