Jquery binding loop variable to getJSON function

Question

I have a for loop that GETs a json array and populates it in a table along with another list's variables. My problem is I am not able to access i inside the get method. But I have mylist and all its contents inside. I tried binding the function to a variable i using bind(this,i) but that says .getJSON() is not a function. Here's the relevant code.

var mylist = ["a", "b", "c"]
for (i = 0; i < mylist.length; i++) {

    urlstr = "/" + mylist[i]; // Generate url
    $.getJSON(urlstr, function(data) {
        html = "<tr><td>" + mylist[i] + "</td><td>" + data.string[0] + "</td></tr>";
        $("#tableresult").append(html); //this returns undefined for mylist[i]
        console.log(i); //this returns 3 which is the length of list
    });

}

In short I need the variables outside getJSON be accessible within getJSON. Can someone please help? Thanks and regards.

Answer 1

This should be no different from binding the loop variable in practically any other loop. Since you are working with an array, the cleanest approach is to use Array#forEach :

var mylist = ["a", "b", "c"];
mylist.forEach(function (item) {
    var urlstr = "/" + item;
    $.getJSON(urlstr, function(data){
         var html = "<tr><td>" + item + "</td><td>" + 
                    data.string[0] + "</td></tr>";
         $("#tableresult").append(html);
        console.log(item);
    });
});

Answer 2

please ensure your php return data is json.

for example:

$data['something'] = 'data';
echo json_encode($data);

and using function for get index (i):

 $.getJSON("demo_ajax_json.js", function(result){
        $.each(result, function(i, field){
            $("div").append(field + " ");
        });
    });