Jquery Ajax Returns Undefined

$('.updateDescriptionProduct').click( function() { if ( updateProductDescription(productID, description) == 'true') { alert('success!'); } else { alert('did not update'

Solution 1:

the return applies to the callback. Try setting a variable in the initial function and setting the value in the callback, then returning it?

functionupdateProductDescription(productID, description) {
    var ret = false;
    $.ajax({
          url: '/index.php/updateProductDescription',
          global: false,
          type: 'POST',
          data: ({productID: productID, description: description}),
          dataType: 'html',
          async:false,
          success: function(msg){
            ret = msg;
          }
    });
    return ret;
}

I haven't ever done an async call but it seems this should work. Let me know if it doesn't.