Pass a variable from controller to javascript in view

Question

I'm trying to pass a variable from the controller to the view through JSON. The data that I want to check is available but if I try to access it like "data.status" it comes back as undefined.

The code that I use in the controller is:

public function checkserie(){
    $data['status'] = 'success';
    $this->output->set_output(json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
}

And the code that I use in the view is:

$.post('<?php echo base_url("index.php/manageorderseries/checkserie")?>', { name: $("#seriename").val()}).done(function(data) {
        alert(data.status);
});

I also saw that when I replace "data.status" with just "data", I receive the following in my alert:

{status: "success"}

What did I miss to access the variable as "data.status"?

Thanks in advance ! Kind regards,

Jonas Vandevelde

Bryant Miano · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24 16:04:09Z

1

The response you are getting is JSON, so JS needs to parse that if you want to use it like an ordinary JS object.

You can use either JSON.parse() or $.parseJSON() (since you already are using jQuery) to accomplish this.

$.post('<?php echo base_url("index.php/manageorderseries/checkserie")?>', { name: $("#seriename").val()}).done(function(data) {
    var dataObj = JSON.parse(data);
    alert(dataObj.status);
});

answered Mar 24, 2015 at 16:04

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