using variables within a jquery function....

using variables within a jquery function....

i declared 2 variables which i want to use depending on a conditional statement inside a jquery function

unfortunately they don't seem to be working. do they need to be globals?

  1. var errors = 0;
    var errormsg = '';

    $.post(
    "ajax-check-email.php",
    { email_address: document.getElementById('email').value },
    function (data) {
        if (data == 'taken')
        {
            errors = 1;
            errormsg = 'This email address is already registered';
        }
    });












i know for a fact that the code works, when i add an alert inside the conditional statement it pops up fine, but these variables don't seem to get their values applied.