Passing javascript code in JSON

Question

I am making an AJAX call with jQuery to a PHP script that needs to return javascript code embedded in a JSON result for the jQuery code to execute. How do I go about passing jav

Answer 1

The definition of JSON doesn't allow for javascript functions to be transported. It is meant to be language independent. If you use a JSON parser rather than eval(), it will fail if the JSON contains any functions.

Douglas Crockford, who I believe coined the term JSON has a JSON parser for javascript

Even JSONP doesn't return a function but a function call - myFuncIAskedFor({ returned JSON })
As others have mentioned, define your functions locally, it's the safest thing to do
Also use a JSON parser