What are the side effects (if any) of multiple $(document).ready() in an HTML page?

Question

I am using a web application framework (Symfony 1.3.6), which follows the MVC pattern.

The view layer is comprised of a template decorator. The template file may also in

Answer 1

There are no problems with multiple $(document).ready() calls, only a couple of caveats:

• Reduced readability.
• Scope: a function/variable/object declared inside one $(document).ready() will not be visible in any others. See this simple demo.

Also see this previous question on SO:

• Can you have multiple $(document).ready(function(){ ... }); sections?