Currently, I am in the process of developing a JavaScript function that is responsible for altering the view of a postcard based on the selected case.
The issue at hand pertains to the usage of old values from the object "m_case." Upon clicking the button with the class "case-btn" twice, the correct case is finally selected in the postcard view. Nevertheless, my objective is to have this action triggered with just one click.
I believe that integrating a callback function within the m_case.setCase() function call could potentially resolve this dilemma, although implementing it successfully has proven to be a challenge.
$('.case-btn').on('click', function() {
remove_active_state_from_cases();
m_case.setCase($(this).data('case'));
// Update postcard view
m_postcard.changeBackground(m_case.getPhoto());
m_postcard.changeMessage(m_case.getMessageText());
m_postcard.changeFullName(m_case.getFullName());
m_postcard.changeCountry(m_case.getCountry());
$(this).toggleClass('active');
});
The setCase() method:
this.setCase = function(id) {
// Set ID
this.setID(id);
var that = this;
$.ajax({
url: 'get_case_by_id.php',
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
data: {id: that.getID() },
success: function(data) {
if(data.success) {
that.setFirstName(data.first_name);
that.setFullName(data.full_name);
that.setAdress(data.adress);
that.setCountry(data.country);
that.setStamp(data.stamp);
that.setPhoto(data.photo);
that.setSummary(data.summary);
that.setStory(data.story);
that.setMessageText(data.message_text);
that.setDefaultMessageText(data.default_message_text);
that.setMessageImg(data.message_img);
} else {
console.log('failure');
}
}
UPDATE It appears that the issue might lie within the AJAX call itself; there seems to be a need for synchronization until the AJAX request has been completed. How can I ensure the continuation of the primary flow only after the AJAX operation concludes?
SOLUTION
To address this, I managed to resolve the problem by incorporating a callback parameter and invoking that function within the complete event of the AJAX call.
$('.case-btn').on('click', function() {
remove_active_state_from_cases();
var that = this;
m_case.setCase($(this).data('case'), function() {
m_postcard.changeBackground(m_case.getPhoto());
m_postcard.changeMessage(m_case.getMessageText());
m_postcard.changeFullName(m_case.getFullName());
m_postcard.changeCountry(m_case.getCountry());
$(that).toggleClass('active');
});
});
// Sets the entire case based on an ID.
this.setCase = function(id, callback) {
// Set ID
this.setID(id);
var that = this;
$.ajax({
url: 'get_case_by_id.php',
type: 'get',
dataType: 'json',
data: {id: that.getID() },
success: function(data) {
if(data.success) {
that.setFirstName(data.first_name);
that.setFullName(data.full_name);
that.setAdress(data.adress);
that.setCountry(data.country);
that.setStamp(data.stamp);
that.setPhoto(data.photo);
that.setSummary(data.summary);
that.setStory(data.story);
that.setMessageText(data.message_text);
that.setDefaultMessageText(data.default_message_text);
that.setMessageImg(data.message_img);
} else {
console.log('fail big time');
}
},
complete: function() {
callback();
}
});
}