In a previous post (https://diffiebosman.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/how-to-return-multiple-json-objects-from-php-to-jquery-with-ajax/), I explained how to, well, return multiple JSON objects from PHP to jQuery with AJAX. In my approach I worked directly with the returned results in the jQuery.ajax function. Another approach is to write a function that returns a stringified version of the results in jQuery.
(Refer to the previous post for the PHP-code)
The JavaScript would now look something like this:
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| function getUsers(){ | |
| return $.ajax({ | |
| type: “POST”, | |
| url: “getUsers.php”, | |
| data: “”, | |
| dataType: ‘json’, | |
| async:’false’, | |
| success: function(results){ | |
| } | |
| }).responseText; | |
| } |
Then you could use it like this:
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| var users = getUsers(); | |
| users = JSON.parse(users); //turn it into a js-object | |
| for(i in users.Users){ | |
| $(‘ul#usersList’).append("<li>"+users.Users[i].name+"</li>"); | |
| // you can now access different member variables in the object with users.Users[i].memberVariable | |
| } |
I like this approach better (than the first), because then you have a central function that you can always use over and over (with only a few lines of code).
diffiebosman 
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