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Reputation: 4808

How to call a function from code returned from an AJAX request?

Example function:

function myFunction() {
  alert("Test");
}

myFunction();

This will run fine when called in a normal HTML webpage. But if this is part of the innerHTML content that is returned from an AJAX call, the function call myFunction(); won't work.

For example, if the content of a div TestDiv is changed via AJAX, and the innerHTML contains the following:

<span>AJAX Result</span>
<script language="JavaScript">myFunction();</script>

This code will not work when the AJAX request is complete. How can this be fixed?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Christopher Marshall
Christopher Marshall

Reputation: 10736

Call your function in the success method on the ajax request.

$.ajax({
   url: 'your url',
   data: { data: data},
   success: function(data) {
      // Your function
      myFunction();
   }
});

btw if you're using html5, the type is no longer needed on the script tag

<script></script>

otherwise it's

<script type="text/javascript"></script>

Upvotes: 1

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