how to access the $(this) inside ajax success callback function

Question

It seems that i cannot access $(this) inside jquery ajax success function. please see below code.

 $.ajax({    type: 'post',    url: '<?php echo site_url('user/accept_deny_friendship_request')?>',    data: 'action='+$action+'&user_id='+$user_id,    success: function(response){      //cannot access $(this) here $(this).parent().remove();    }  }); 

Answer 1

Check out the context option - works perfectly for me:

$.ajax({     context: this,     type: 'post',     url: '<?php echo site_url('user/accept_deny_friendship_request')?>',     data: 'action='+$action+'&user_id='+$user_id,     success: function(response){        //can access this now!     } }); 

Answer 2

What should $(this) be? If you have a reference to it outside that function, you can just store it into a variable.

$('#someLink').click(function() {     var $t = $(this);     $.ajax( ... , function() {         $t.parent().remove();     }); }