How to fetch data from ajax data object?

Asked Sep 25 '17 at 09:23

Active Sep 25 '17 at 09:58

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I am trying to fetch date format in the form of json object from database. The code is like

                   $.ajax({
                    url: 'index.php?action=getDateFormat',
                    type: 'POST',
                    dataType: 'JSON',
                    success: function(data){
                        if (data.length) 
                        {
                           var jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
                           return jsonData["DateFormat"];
                        }
                      }
                });

Note that in console of browser, the data is "Object { dateFormat: "d-m-Y" }".

The above code is returning "undefined". Please help !!!

in php code

         $dateFormatArray = array("dateFormat" => $dateFormat);
         json_encode( $dateFormatArray);

In console of browser the result of data is

         Object { dateFormat: "d-m-Y" }

Full code

         function getDateFormat()
            {
                var dateFormat ="";
                 $.ajax({
                    url: 'index.php?action=getDateFormat',
                    type: 'POST',
                    dataType: 'JSON',
                    success: function(data)
                    {
                        dateFormat = data.dateFormat;
                    }
                });

                return dateFormat; 
            }

edited Sep 25 '17 at 09:58

asked Sep 25 '17 at 09:23

Nida

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key is case sensitive. `jsonData["dateFormat"];` – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 09:24
it still shows undefined – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 09:29
can you share the output for statement `console.log(jsonData["DateFormat"])` within that `if` condition. – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 09:41
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 2 of the JSON data – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 09:45
can you share the output of `console.log(data)` before `parse` statement? – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 09:46
Object { dateFormat: "d-m-Y" } – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 09:47
That parse statement wasn't required, just `data.dateFormat` would do. Also, you can't return from a async method – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 09:48
oh thanks... how will i return data.dateformat to another function – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 09:50
Check the answers provided in the original question. – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 09:50
I have updated my question with full code... it is returning null value to another function in which it is called – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 10:00
Did you read the answers in the Original question? You cannot return a value from a method which is getting that value from an asynchronous operation. – gurvinder372 Sep 25 '17 at 10:01
yes.... is there any ways to accomplish this – Nida Sep 25 '17 at 10:05

How to fetch data from ajax data object?

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