How to Load Data From Ajax Into An Existing Array

Question

I need to store some retrieved data from Database into an array. I know we can present the data as this example:

$('#loader').click(function () {
    $.get(
        'results.php', {
            id: $(this).val()
        },
        function (data) {
            $('#result').html(data);
        }
    );
});

but how I can store the function(data){} into an array like var datalist = []

Thanks

possible duplicate of How to return the response from an AJAX call? — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 8:01

brandonscript · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-15 07:56:22Z

1

Assuming your incoming data is JSON, you can declare an object before calling your function, and then set data to datalist after the call completes:

var datalist = {};
$('#loader').click(function()
{
    $.get(
        'results.php', { 
            id : $(this).val() 
        },
        function(data) {
            datalist = JSON.parse(data);
        }
    );
});

answered Dec 15, 2013 at 7:56

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3 Comments

Behseini Over a year ago

Hi r3mus, thanks for comment but I am getting the data from MySQL database.

brandonscript Over a year ago

That wasn't what you originally asked, but you're not going to be able to call the MySQL database directly (major security risk notwithstanding). You need to build a php (de-facto standard) backend to handle the SQL queries, then output the data as JSON. Retrieve an associative array from your database, then use json_encode to convert the array to JSON.

Behseini Over a year ago

Well I already have my PHP running and I think working fine! I am able to get the data from database and render them on #result. But I just need to save them inside an array instead of having them on the page!

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