Using a conditional within an ajax request?

[shaunthomson]

Hi

I have an ajax request, and want to set up a conditional within it based on a variable that was sent to the ajax function (inputSwitch), but am not getting the syntax correct. Here's the first part of the request:



$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "mypage.php",

data: {post1:var1, post2:var2, post3:var3},

What I want is for the data object to be...

data: {post1:var1, post2:var2},

So..

if (inputSwitch == 'method1') {

data: {post1:var1, post2:var2, post3:var3},
}

else {

data: {post1:var1, post2:var2}
}

...but javascript doesn't seem to like conditionals within ajax requests.

I tried setting up a conditional at the start of the function before the request, putting each object within a var, and then placing the correct var in the data object, but that's no go either.

Can someone please explain the correct syntax, or if it can be done at all?

Thanks for your time and help.

[devnull69]

Originally Posted by shaunthomson

I tried setting up a conditional at the start of the function before the request, putting each object within a var, and then placing the correct var in the data object, but that's no go either.

Show us this code because it's a good idea to do this. There must be something wrong with it.

[shaunthomson]

Thanks Devnull

Here's the Ajax that's working:

data: {post1:var1, post2:var2, post3:var3},

and here's what I'd like to do:

(var dataVar is created in same function, but before Ajax code

var dataVar = "{post1:var1, post2:var2, post3:var3}"

data: dataVar,

That syntax doesn't work - is there something obvious I'm doing wrong?

[shaunthomson]

Never mind mate - I took the quotes off so that it's not a string. I didn't realise you could just place an object into a var without it being a string.

Thanks for taking a look.