button onclick function firing twice

Question

I have a button that calls a javascript function using an event handler. For some reason, the event handler is being called twice.

Here is my button (I am using a ph

Answer 1

You probably want to pass in the event and add

$('.addToCartButton').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault(); //Added this
  alert("bob");
  //addToCart($(this).attr("id"));
});

OR

$('.addToCartButton').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault(); //Added this
  alert("bob");
  //addToCart($(this).attr("id"));
  return false;
});