Jquery, Javascript, And Ie8

OK, simple: self = $(this); Throws a JavaScript error in IE8 when it's inside an event handler. It works in every other browser. var self = $(this); Throws no error. Why?

Solution 1:

The answer is that var keyword staring back out at you.

When you reference just plain self, you're referencing a global variable and IE won't let you change it. When you write var self you're declaring a local variable.