Setting local variable in a JavaScript callback function

Question

I\'m relatively new to JavaScript and I thought I knew how callback functions worked but after a couple of hours of searching the web I still do not understand why my code i

Answer 1

Try calling a function to set this variable after your success:

var array;

var goodToProceed = function(myArr) {
   console.debug(myArr);
};

$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'include/load_array.php',
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data){
    goodToProceed(data);
},
error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
    alert("Error loading the data");
}
});