Question

When i’m using this code it’s not activating the setTimeout on success return from jQuery

function waitForEvents(last_id){
$.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: "/functions/ajax.php?func=feed&old_msg_id="+last_id,

            async: true, /* If set to non-async, browser shows page as "Loading.."*/
            cache: false,
            timeout:50000, /* Timeout in ms */

            success: function(data){
                var json = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
                if(json !== 'null') {
                $.each(json.earnings, function (index, value) {
                     $('#feed').append(value);
                });
                var old_msg_id = json['last_id'];
                }
                alert("working");
                setTimeout('waitForEvents(last_id)',"1000");  
            },

            error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown){
                alert("Error:" + textStatus + " (" + errorThrown + ")");
                setTimeout('waitForEvents(last_id)',"15000");       
            },
});
};

Any idea why because it’s actually returning (data) so it’s processing the response just not activating the settimeout again

Answer 1

Your setTimeout method is not passing a function (apparently as a string is fine :/)

setTimeout(function() { waitForEvents(last_id); }, 15000);