Jquery checking success of ajax post

Question

how do i define the success and failure function of an ajax $.post?

Answer 1

using jQuery 1.8 and above, should use the following:

var request = $.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url: 'mmm.php',
    data: { abc: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" } })
    .done(function(data) { alert("success"+data.slice(0, 100)); })
    .fail(function() { alert("error"); })
    .always(function() { alert("complete"); });

check out the docs as @hitautodestruct stated.