Jquery ajax not returning data while console does

Asked Apr 06 '17 at 12:04

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I have the following code inside a JS function:

$.post('script/route.php', {deliveryAddress: address}, function (data) {
    console.log(data);
    return "The distance to your location is "+data+ ".";
});

This function posts to a PHP file that calculates the distance between two addresses. The console shows the correct distance, but the string with data is not returned for some reason, the complete return seems to be ignored. How can this happen?

asked Apr 06 '17 at 12:04

Senne Vandenputte

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17394362/jquery-return-value-from-post-in-function – Ibraheem Apr 06 '17 at 12:07
Return to where ? – Mayank Pandeyz Apr 06 '17 at 12:10
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You're returning a string to nowhere, do you want to show it somewhere? – Amin Apr 06 '17 at 12:11
@MayankPandeyz the return is being added to a div. Apparantly it has something to do with asynchronous calls – Senne Vandenputte Apr 06 '17 at 12:12
http://stackoverflow.com/a/14220323/4248328 – Alive to die - Anant Apr 06 '17 at 12:12
This could help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16987811/why-cant-i-return-data-from-post-jquery – Ibraheem Apr 06 '17 at 12:12
If you are using jquery version < 1.8 use $.ajax() with option async:false – Nabil Apr 06 '17 at 12:14
Using async: false on an AJAX request defeats the purpose of AJAX at the first place – Terry Apr 06 '17 at 12:18

Jquery ajax not returning data while console does

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