$(this) doesn't work in a function

Question

The following code loads html content from a file (i used this thread)

Answer 1

Within the AJAX callback, this is bound to a different object. If you want to reuse the target of your plugin, store (capture) it in a local variable and use that.

$.fn.loadWithoutCache = function (){
 var $target = $(this);
 $.ajax({
     url: arguments[0],
     cache: false,
     dataType: "html",
     success: function(data) {
        $target.html(data); // note change
    }
 });
}