i execute a javascript with jQuery $.getScript. In the executed script i haven't access to the functions and variables of my source file.
Is there a solution?
i execute a javascript with jQuery $.getScript. In the executed script i haven't access to the functions and variables of my source file.
Is there a solution?
The script executed by $.getScript() does have access to the global context. You can use any global variable (or function for that matter) from within your external script.
Nick Craver, I just spend 3 (!) hours obsessing over why my thing wouldn't work, and you gave me the insight I needed to make it work.
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interesting to note:
you can declare a variable as a jquery var like this:
$variableName = something;
That way jquery also has access to it from anywhere in the scope.
$(function(){
$alertString = 'Hello World';
$.getScript('test.js', function(){
// do nothing
});
}
test.js:
alert( $alertString );
I found the answer here helpful for my grasp of the topic, but I still couldn't make it work in my own context until I happened upon this article on TechMonks:
When I copy/pasted their final example into the head of my main .js file it all just worked. For me at least, the $.getScript() function was broken, and this is the fix:
jQuery.extend({
getScript: function (url, callback) {
var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || document.documentElement;
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.src = url;
// Handle Script loading
{
var done = false;
// Attach handlers for all browsers
script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (!done && (!this.readyState || this.readyState === "loaded" || this.readyState === "complete")) {
done = true;
//success();
//complete();
if (callback) callback();
// Handle memory leak in IE
script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = null;
if (head && script.parentNode) {
head.removeChild(script);
}
}
};
}
head.insertBefore(script, head.firstChild);
return undefined;
}
});