I get the returned data from the Controller OK, but it needs to go to a spot in the code, as a parameter

I get the returned data from the Controller OK, but it needs to go to a spot in the code, as a parameter


Hello

I get the results from the controller alright as I can print-text them at a given div spot.  However, I want them to go to an array as a parameter, but this array is located in another function well below the response of the controller, so as the values are local, they dont get passed down to the place I want. What this does is actually color me red the booked dates in a datepicker. Separately all the snippets do great but when I put them all together I get that problem. As you can see, for testing purposes there are hardcoded dates in the new Array, and those dates do color red the otherwise green calendar. I want my returned DATA from the controller to go into that new Array so that the dates from the DB replace those hardcoded ones.
  1. <script>             
        jQuery(document).ready(function(){   
       
        $('#boton').click(function(){
       
        var startdate = $('#start_date').val();
        var owner =1;
        var user = 6;
        var enddate = $('#end_date').val();
        $url = '{{URL::route('reservations')}}';
       
        $.post($url, {arrival:startdate, departure:enddate, user_id:owner, booked_by:user}, function(data){  

  3. // HERE IS THE RETURNED DATA FROM THE CONTROLLER, IT IS CORRECT    
           
            $('#test').text(data);
           
                  });
       
            });


       });

                    
     $(function() {
            $( "#start_date, #end_date" ).datepicker({
                dateFormat: 'dd MM yy',
               
                beforeShowDay: checkBadDates
                });
               
    });
     
    // BUT I WANT THAT RETURNED DATA TO GO RIGHT HERE AS A PARAMETER
    var $myBadDates = new Array("12 August 2015","21 August 2015");

    function checkBadDates(mydate){
    var $return=true;
    var $returnclass ="available";
    $checkdate = $.datepicker.formatDate('dd MM yy', mydate);
    for(var i = 0; i < $myBadDates.length; i++)
        {   
           if($myBadDates[i] == $checkdate)
              {
            $return = false;
            $returnclass= "unavailable";
            }
        }
    return [$return,$returnclass];
    }
     
     </script>