Call a controller function from a directive without isolated scope in AngularJS

Question

I cannot seem to find a way to call a function on the parent scope from within a directive without using isolated scope. I know that if I use isolated scope I can just use \

Answer 1

Since the directive is only calling a function (and not trying to set a value on a property), you can use $eval instead of $parse (with a non-isolated scope):

scope.$apply(function() {
    scope.$eval(attrs.confirmAction);
});

Or better, simply just use $apply, which will $eval()uate its argument against the scope:

scope.$apply(attrs.confirmAction);

Fiddle