function / return help

[Jason Morehouse]

Hello,

PHP programmer in need of some js help. I can't seem to get this
function to return the value of xmlhttp.responseText.
alert(xmlhttp.responseText) gives me the value I'm looking for. I
assume this has to do scope... but don't quite get how to get the return
value in the `= function()` syntax.

function phj_func(url) {
xmlhttp.open("GET", url)
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
return(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}

xmlhttp.send(null);

}

This was taken from:
http://www.webpronews.com/webdevelop...POnTheFly.html

Thanks!

[Martin Honnen]

Jason Morehouse wrote:

I can't seem to get this
function to return the value of xmlhttp.responseText.
alert(xmlhttp.responseText) gives me the value I'm looking for. function phj_func(url) {
xmlhttp.open("GET", url)
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
return(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}

The onreadystatechange handler is a function of its own that is called
but XMLHttpRequest object when the readyState changes, the phj_func call
is already finished when the handler is called so obviously you can't
return any value in phj_func that stems from the onreadystatechange
event handler.
You need to call another function and pass the responseText text e.g.

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
functionName(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Jason Morehouse]

Jason Morehouse wrote:

Hello,

PHP programmer in need of some js help. I can't seem to get this
function to return the value of xmlhttp.responseText.
alert(xmlhttp.responseText) gives me the value I'm looking for. I
assume this has to do scope... but don't quite get how to get the return
value in the `= function()` syntax.

Sorry, let me retry that...

var r = false;
function phj_func(url) {
xmlhttp.open("GET", url)
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
r = xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}
xmlhttp.send(null);
return r;
}

[Jason Morehouse]

Martin Honnen wrote:

The onreadystatechange handler is a function of its own that is called
but XMLHttpRequest object when the readyState changes, the phj_func call
is already finished when the handler is called so obviously you can't
return any value in phj_func that stems from the onreadystatechange
event handler.
You need to call another function and pass the responseText text e.g.

Cheers. Is there a way though to have the data returned to the function
called. Ie:

str = phj_func(url)?

Something like:

function phj_func(file,func,args) {
var r = false;
function got_data(str_data) {
r = str_data;
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url)
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
got_data(xmlhttp.responseText);
}
}

xmlhttp.send(null);
return (r);
}

though... that doesn't work.

[Martin Honnen]

Jason Morehouse wrote:

Martin Honnen wrote:

The onreadystatechange handler is a function of its own that is called
but XMLHttpRequest object when the readyState changes, the phj_func
call is already finished when the handler is called so obviously you
can't return any value in phj_func that stems from the
onreadystatechange event handler.
You need to call another function and pass the responseText text e.g.

Is there a way though to have the data returned to the function
called.

No, as said the function call to phj_func simply sets up an
onreadystatechange event handler, then calls the send method and exits,
it is already finished before the onreadystatechange event handler is
called for the first time.

There is some sort of event based programming in PHP too, for instance
if you look at the XML parser functions using Expat, there you set up
event handlers like the element_handler and then those are called when
elements are parsed.

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Jason Morehouse]

Martin Honnen wrote:

There is some sort of event based programming in PHP too, for instance
if you look at the XML parser functions using Expat, there you set up
event handlers like the element_handler and then those are called when
elements are parsed.

Ah, of course. Thank you!