I know this has been asked a million times, but I just can’t get this little thing working. I’m using ajax to see if a file exists, via php’s file_exists() and returning the jqxhr object. Ithen use another function to process the .done clause. I can’t seem to get the data back from the second function.

I’ve been trying everything I can find or think of for three days. This is my latest iteration.

    /***** Image exist **/
    function getExist (url) {
        return $.get ("<?php echo $_SESSION['path']?>/ajax/existPic.php", {
            "pic": url
        });
    }
    /***** populate table row **/
    function popRow (objItem) {
        var imgIcon = "";
        const strPic = "../pic/" + objItem.something + ".jpg";
        const isPic = getExist (strPic);
        strTable += donePic (isPic, objItem.something); // strTable is global
        strTable += "<td>" + objItem.otherThing + "</td>";
    }
    function donePic(isPic, thing) {
        isPic.done (function (result) {
            strTd = "<td>" + thing;
            if (result == "TRUE") {
                strTd +=  "<img src='<?php echo $_SESSION['path']?>/image/camera.png'>";
            }
            strTd += "</td>";
            alert (strTd); // get all the right answers here
            return strTd; // nothing gets back to popRow
        });
    }