jQuery Get Hierarchy Path of Element

jQuery function to get hierarchy path of element by determining an elements ancestors and looping through it’s parent elements until the root of the tree has been reached.

/*jQuery function to create path function used to get the path of the node in the tree*/
jQuery.fn.extend({
    getPath: function (path) { /*The first time this function is called, path won't be defined*/
        if (typeof path == 'undefined') path = ''; /*Add the element name*/
        var cur = this.get(0).nodeName.toLowerCase();
        var id = this.attr('id'); /*Add the #id if there is one*/
        if (typeof id != 'undefined') { /*escape goat*/
            if (id == 'browser') {
                return path;
            }
        }
        var html = this.html();
        if (html.search(' ' + path);
        } else {
            return this.parent().getPath(path);
        }
    }
});