jQuery function return

[liamoco]

I have put the following bit of code inside a function called ajaxPost

function ajaxPost(data, path)
{	
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: path,
data: "data=" + data,
cache: false,
success: function(response){
	return response;
}
});

//somehow return response variable here
}

 

var phpLogin = ajaxPost("test", 'php/login.php');
alert(phpLogin);

 

 

When I call the function, and alert the response is keep getting "undefined". I think I know why it isn't working - because the response is being return to the wrong function. What can I do to make this work

 

[liamoco]

So somehow I need to get the response into a variable inside of the ajaxPost function

[schilly]

is your php script returning a value?

success: function(response){
	alert( response);
}

 

[liamoco]

yes, the path is correct and returning the correct value