On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Ken Nelson <k...@pure3interactive.com> wrote: > RE async: false being deprecated > > There's still occasionally a need for a call from client javascript back to > server and wait on results. Example: an inline call from client javascript > to PHP on server to authenticate an override password as part of a > client-side operation. The client-side experience could be managed with a > sane timeout param - eg return false if no response after X seconds (or ms).
Nothing prevents you from waiting on an XHR to return before continuing. Doing it with async operations is slightly more complex than blocking with a sync operation, is all. ~TJ
