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error :[object HTMLParagraphElement], when assignin a variable from a function

i have a function that shows me if a file exists, if so he will return me the file path if it doesnt exist he will still give me the path so he can create the file:
function getnamechats($user1,$user2){
$filename1="chats/chat".$user1."&".$user2.".json";
$filename2="chats/chat".$user2."&".$user1.".json";
if (file_exists($filename1)) {
return $filename1;
}
else if (file_exists($filename2)) {
return $filename2;
}
else{ return $filename1;}
}
it works fine on creating/opening the file to write on it,ive tested a lot of times and my json file gets updated everytime:
function send_chat($nick,$chat){
global $userid;global $chatparse;
$heasda=getnamechats($userid,$chatparse);
$ok=$heasda;
// read/write
$filename = "$heasda";
$fopen = fopen($filename,"r");
$fgets = fgets($fopen);
fclose($fopen);
$decode = json_decode($fgets,true);
// limit 10
end($decode);
if(key($decode) >= 10){
array_shift($decode);
$new_key =10;
}
else{
$new_key = key($decode);
$new_key++;}
$format = array($nick,$chat);
$decode[$new_key] = $format;
$encode = json_encode($decode);
// write
$fopen_w = fopen($filename,"w");
fwrite($fopen_w,$encode);
fclose($fopen_w);
}
but in the function that opens/create it to read i get the following error the first variable is right(1) but the second one (suppost to be after the &) just doesnt work, and the error HTMLParagraphElement appears,example:
chats/chat1&[object HTMLParagraphElement].json
i then called again the getnamechats() function as soon as a new msg is triggered just to check if the file still exists, if it does, it will send me the variable $heasda to show_chat($heasda) and basically it will do the same as send_chat, but instead writing on it, it will read it:
function show_chat($heasda){
print_r($heasda);
$filename = $heasda;
$fopen = fopen($filename,"r");
$fgets = fgets($fopen);
fclose($fopen);
$decode = json_decode($fgets,true);
$val .= "<table id='table' class=\"table table-condensed\">";
foreach($decode as $post){
$val .= "<tr><td><b style=\"color:#{$post[0]}\">{$post[0]}</b>: {$post[1]}</td></tr>";}
$val .= "</table>";
return $val;
}
if(isset($_POST["chat"]) && $_POST["chat"] != ""){
$nick = $_SESSION['iduser'];
$chat = $_POST["chat"];
send_chat($nick,$chat);
}
if(isset($_GET["chat"]) && $_GET["chat"] != ""){
global $userid;global $chatparse;
$heasda=getnamechats($userid,$chatparse);
echo show_chat($heasda);
exit;
}
?>
As someone said it can be JavaScript heres the code too, ive read about it but i still dont understand properly:
function autoloadpage() {
$.ajax({
url: "?chat=1&chat-pars="+secnum,
type: "POST",
success: function(data) {
$("div#chat").html(data);
}
});
}

secnum is a DOM element, not the text inside it. You need to get the text.
You should also call encodeURIComponent in case it contains characters that have special meaning in a URL.
function autoloadpage() {
$.ajax({
url: "?chat=1&chat-pars="+encodeURIComponent(secnum.innerText),
type: "POST",
success: function(data) {
$("div#chat").html(data);
}
});
}

Return value from php to javascript

I writing a registration/login form, I am sending user info via POST to a PHP that is looking in a DB. I would like that the PHP returns an ok or wrong value to the js and I don't now how to do it.
Here my js:
ui.onClick_regsubmit=function()
{
var fname=document.getElementById('fname').value;
var lname=document.getElementById('lname').value;
var password=document.getElementById('password').value;
var mail=document.getElementById('mail').value;
var affiliation=document.getElementById('affiliation').value;
var data = new FormData();
var xhr = (window.XMLHttpRequest) ? new XMLHttpRequest() : new activeXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
data.append("fname",fname);
data.append("lname",lname);
data.append("password",password);
data.append("mail",mail);
data.append("affiliation",affiliation);
xhr.open( 'post', 'PHP/registration.php', false );
xhr.send(data);
window.alert(affiliation);
}
And the php:
<?php
mysql_connect('localhost','root','') or die('Cannot connect mysql server');
mysql_select_db('ChemAlive_login') or die('cannot connect database');
$lname=$_POST['lname'];
$fname=$_POST['fname'];
$password=$_POST['password'];
$mail=$_POST['mail'];
$affiliation=$_POST['affiliation'];
$q=mysql_query("select * from login where mail='".$mail."' ") or die(mysql_error());
$n=mysql_fetch_row($q);
if($n>0)
{
$q=mysql_query("select password from login where mail='".$mail."' ");
$pp=mysql_fetch_row($q);
if($pp[0]=$password) echo "ok";
else echo "wrong";
}
else
{ $insert=mysql_query("insert into login values('".$fname."','".$lname."','".$mail."','".$password."','".$affiliation."')") or die(mysql_error());}
?>
I would like to return to js this ok or wrong value. How to do it?

xhr.onload=function()
{
if (xhr.status==200)
{
alert(xhr.response);
}else
{
alert("unknown server error");
}
}
it will be better if the server sends a response code, and javascript will transfer this code to the text. For example:
onload=function()
{
switch(xhr.response)
{
case "0":{alert("unknown error")};break;
case "1":{alert("email is already used")};break;
...
}
}
I think thought it is clear

I do not have the rep to comment or I'd ask for details, but if you can consider using ajax, it could look something like this:
php:
$doit = //your query;
if($doit){
$youdid = 'ok';
}
else{
exit('1');
}
js:
$(document).ready(function () {
var foo = $("#formfield")val();
$.ajax({
"foo":foo;
type: 'POST',
url: 'some.php',
success: function(responseText) {
if(responseText == "1") {
alert("Leave instantly");
};
}
else {
alert("One of us");
}

If you want to return either ok or wrong to the JavaScript to handle you could do something like this in your registration.php page:
$q=mysql_query("select password from login where mail='".$mail."' ");
$pp=mysql_fetch_row($q);
if($pp[0]=$password){
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode(array('password' => 'ok'));
}else{
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode(array('password' => 'wrong'));
}
I have not fully testing this, but the idea is to set the header to return json and then send it a JSON string.
Does that make sense?
Like I said in my comment below I have only used jQuery for AJAX. But here is a little something of what I know about XMLHttpRequest and my undertsanding of how you would test what you get back.
You can set up a listener for when you get a response back onreadystatechange and then put the response in a variable var pass = xhr.response and then just output the text to an alert box like alert(pass.password).
if (xhr.onreadystatechange === 4 && xhr.status === 200){
var pass = xhr.response;
//should output either ok or wrong
alert(pass.password);
}
Read more about XMLHttpRequest here
Let me know if that works.

Passing a JavaScript value to PHP on completion of quiz

I have a web page that allows users to complete quizzes. These quizzes use JavaScript to populate original questions each time it is run.
Disclaimer: JS Noob alert.
After the questions are completed, the user is given a final score via this function:
function CheckFinished(){
var FB = '';
var AllDone = true;
for (var QNum=0; QNum<State.length; QNum++){
if (State[QNum] != null){
if (State[QNum][0] < 0){
AllDone = false;
}
}
}
if (AllDone == true){
//Report final score and submit if necessary
NewScore();
CalculateOverallScore();
CalculateGrade();
FB = YourScoreIs + ' ' + RealScore + '%. (' + Grade + ')';
if (ShowCorrectFirstTime == true){
var CFT = 0;
for (QNum=0; QNum<State.length; QNum++){
if (State[QNum] != null){
if (State[QNum][0] >= 1){
CFT++;
}
}
}
FB += '<br />' + CorrectFirstTime + ' ' + CFT + '/' + QsToShow;
}
All the Javascript here is pre-coded so I am trying my best to hack it. I am however struggling to work out how to pass the variable RealScore to a MySql database via PHP.
There are similar questions here on stackoverflow but none seem to help me.
By the looks of it AJAX seems to hold the answer, but how do I implement this into my JS code?
RealScore is only given a value after the quiz is complete, so my question is how do I go about posting this value to php, and beyond to update a field for a particular user in my database on completion of the quiz?
Thank you in advance for any help, and if you require any more info just let me know!

Storing data using AJAX (without JQuery)
What you are trying to do can pose a series of security vulnerabilities, it is important that you research ways to control and catch these if you care about your web application's security. These security flaws are outside the scope of this tutorial.
Requirements:
You will need your MySQL database table to have the fields "username" and "score"
What we are doing is writing two scripts, one in PHP and one in JavaScript (JS). The JS script will define a function that you can use to call the PHP script dynamically, and then react according to it's response.
The PHP script simply attempts to insert data into the database via $_POST.
To send the data to the database via AJAX, you need to call the Ajax() function, and the following is the usage of the funciton:
// JavaScript variable declarations
myUsername = "ReeceComo123";
myScriptLocation = "scripts/ajax.php";
myOutputLocation = getElementById("htmlObject");
// Call the function
Ajax(myOutputLocation, myScriptLocation, myUsername, RealScore);
So, without further ado...
JavaScript file:
/**
* outputLocation - any HTML object that can hold innerHTML (span, div, p)
* PHPScript - the URL of the PHP Ajax script
* username & score - the respective variables
*/
function Ajax(outputLocation, PHPScript, username, score) {
// Define AJAX Request
var ajaxReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Define how AJAX handles the response
ajaxReq.onreadystatechange=function(){
if (ajaxReq.readyState==4 && xml.status==200) {
// Send the response to the object outputLocation
document.getElementById(outputLocation).innerHTML = ajaxReq.responseText;
}
};
// Send Data to PHP script
ajaxReq.open("POST",PHPScript,true);
ajaxReq.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
ajaxReq.send("username="username);
ajaxReq.send("score="score);
}
PHP file (you will need to fill in the MYSQL login data):
<?php
// MYSQL login data
DEFINE(MYSQL_host, 'localhost');
DEFINE(MYSQL_db, 'myDatabase');
DEFINE(MYSQL_user, 'mySQLuser');
DEFINE(MYSQL_pass, 'password123');
// If data in ajax request exists
if(isset($_POST["username"]) && isset($_POST["score"])) {
// Set data
$myUsername = $_POST["username"];
$myScore = intval($_POST["score"]);
} else
// Or else kill the script
die('Invalid AJAX request.');
// Set up the MySQL connection
$con = mysqli_connect(MYSQL_host,MYSQL_user,MYSQL_pass,MYSQL_db);
// Kill the page if no connection could be made
if (!$con) die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($con));
// Prepare the SQL Query
$sql_query="INSERT INTO ".TABLE_NAME." (username, score)";
$sql_query.="VALUES ($myUsername, $myScore);";
// Run the Query
if(mysqli_query($con,$sql))
echo "Score Saved!"; // Return 0 if true
else
echo "Error Saving Score!"; // Return 1 if false
mysqli_close($con);
?>

I use these function for ajax without JQuery its just a javascript function doesnt work in IE6 or below. call this function with the right parameters and it should work.
//div = the div id where feedback will be displayed via echo.
//url = the location of your php script
//score = your score.
function Ajax(div, URL, score){
var xml = new XMLHttpRequest(); //sets xmlrequest
xml.onreadystatechange=function(){
if (xml.readyState==4 && xml.status==200){
document.getElementById(div).innerHTML=xml.responseText;//sets div
}
};
xml.open("POST",URL,true); //sets php url
xml.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xml.send("score="score); //sends data via post
}
//Your PHP-script needs this.
$score = $_POST["score"]; //obtains score from POST.
//save your score here
echo "score saved"; //this will be displayed in the div set for feedback.
so call the javascript function with the right inputs, a div id, the url to your php script and the score. Then it will send the data to the back end, and you can send back some feedback to the user via echo.

Call simple a Script with the parameter score.
"savescore.php?score=" + RealScore
in PHP Side you save it
$score = isset ($_GET['score']) ? (int)$_GET['score'] : 0;
$db->Query('INSERT INTO ... ' . $score . ' ...');
You could call the URL via Ajax or hidden Iframe.
Example for Ajax
var request = $.ajax({
url: "/savescore.php?score=" + RealScore,
type: "GET"
});
request.done(function(msg) {
alert("Save successfull");
});
request.fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus) {
alert("Error on Saving");
});

How to post image on twitter in Phonegap using javascript

I'm currently implementing a web smartphone application with Phonegap. On this application, users can post images they take with the phone camera on Facebook. This feature has been succesfully implemented only using javascript, by sending a base 64 encoded image. Now, I want to implement the same feature using Twitter.
I found some very interesting blog posts about this and I'm already be able to update the user status only using javascript... but I can't post images too using the update_with_media Twitter web service.
According too this post, someone says it's impossible to implement this operation without using a server side code (like a php script for example).
So my question is : is it possible to use the update_with_media Twitter web service only with javascript ?
I send you my code to have an overview of the current solution. I've taken this article as working base : http://oodlestechnologies.com/blogs/Twitter-integration-on-PhoneGap-using-ChildBrowser-and-OAuth-for-iOS-and-Android-Platforms
Here is my HTML code.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../cordova-2.5.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/childBrowser/childbrowser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/helpers/jsOAuth-1.3.6.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../js/helpers/twitter.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h4>Oodles Twitter App</h4>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Login using Twitter</th>
<th>
<button id="loginBtn" onclick="Twitter.init();">Login</button>
<button id="logoutBtn" onclick="logOut();">Logout</button>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="tweetText">
<td colspan="2"><textarea id="tweet"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr id="tweetBtn">
<td colspan="2" align="right">
<button id="tweeter" onclick="Twitter.tweet();">Tweet</button>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><div id="welcome">Please Login to use this app</div></td></tr>
</table>
<br/>
<br/>
<button onclick="javascript:location.reload();">Recharger la page</button>
</body>
</html>
Here is my twitter.js code : (The point is in the post method)
$(document).ready(function() {
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
});
function onDeviceReady() {
var root = this;
cb = window.plugins.childBrowser;
if (!localStorage.getItem(twitterKey)) {
$("#loginBtn").show();
$("#logoutBtn").hide();
$("tweetBtn").hide();
$("tweetText").hide();
}
else {
$("#loginBtn").hide();
$("#logoutBtn").show();
$("tweetBtn").show();
$("tweetText").show();
}
if (cb != null) {
cb.onLocationChange = function(loc) {
root.locChanged(loc);
};
cb.onClose = function() {
root.onCloseBrowser()
};
cb.onOpenExternal = function() {
root.onOpenExternal();
};
}
}
function onCloseBrowser() {
console.log("onCloseBrowser!");
}
function locChanged(loc) {
console.log("locChanged!");
}
function onOpenExternal() {
console.log("onOpenExternal!");
}
// Consumer key : ...
// Consumer secret : ...
// GLOBAL VARS
var oauth; // It Holds the oAuth data request
var requestParams; // Specific param related to request
var options = {consumerKey: '...', consumerSecret: '...', callbackUrl: "http://www.google.fr"};
var twitterKey = "twtrKey"; // This key is used for storing Information related
var Twitter = {
init: function() {
// Apps storedAccessData , Apps Data in Raw format
var storedAccessData, rawData = localStorage.getItem(twitterKey);
// here we are going to check whether the data about user is already with us.
if (localStorage.getItem(twitterKey) !== null) {
// when App already knows data
storedAccessData = JSON.parse(rawData); //JSON parsing
//options.accessTokenKey = storedAccessData.accessTokenKey; // data will be saved when user first time signin
options.accessTokenSecret = storedAccessData.accessTokenSecret; // data will be saved when user first first signin
// javascript OAuth take care of everything for app we need to provide just the options
oauth = OAuth(options);
oauth.get('https://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.json?skip_status=true',
function(data) {
var entry = JSON.parse(data.text);
console.log("USERNAME: " + entry.screen_name);
}
);
}
else {
// we have no data for save user
oauth = OAuth(options);
oauth.get('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token',
function(data) {
requestParams = data.text;
cb.showWebPage('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize?' + data.text); // This opens the Twitter authorization / sign in page
cb.onLocationChange = function(loc) {
Twitter.success(loc);
}; // Here will will track the change in URL of ChildBrowser
},
function(data) {
console.log("ERROR: " + JSON.stringify(data));
}
);
}
},
/*
When ChildBrowser's URL changes we will track it here.
We will also be acknowledged was the request is a successful or unsuccessful
*/
success: function(loc) {
// Here the URL of supplied callback will Load
/*
Here Plugin will check whether the callback Url matches with the given Url
*/
if (loc.indexOf("http://www.google.fr") >= 0) {
// Parse the returned URL
var index, verifier = '';
var params = loc.substr(loc.indexOf('?') + 1);
params = params.split('&');
for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
var y = params[i].split('=');
if (y[0] === 'oauth_verifier') {
verifier = y[1];
}
}
// Here we are going to change token for request with token for access
/*
Once user has authorised us then we have to change the token for request with token of access
here we will give data to localStorage.
*/
oauth.get('https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token?oauth_verifier=' + verifier + '&' + requestParams,
function(data) {
var accessParams = {};
var qvars_tmp = data.text.split('&');
for (var i = 0; i < qvars_tmp.length; i++) {
var y = qvars_tmp[i].split('=');
accessParams[y[0]] = decodeURIComponent(y[1]);
}
$('#oauthStatus').html('<span style="color:green;">Success!</span>');
$('#stage-auth').hide();
$('#stage-data').show();
oauth.setAccessToken([accessParams.oauth_token, accessParams.oauth_token_secret]);
// Saving token of access in Local_Storage
var accessData = {};
accessData.accessTokenKey = accessParams.oauth_token;
accessData.accessTokenSecret = accessParams.oauth_token_secret;
// Configuring Apps LOCAL_STORAGE
console.log("TWITTER: Storing token key/secret in localStorage");
localStorage.setItem(twitterKey, JSON.stringify(accessData));
oauth.get('https://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.json?skip_status=true',
function(data) {
var entry = JSON.parse(data.text);
console.log("TWITTER USER: " + entry.screen_name);
$("#welcome").show();
document.getElementById("welcome").innerHTML = "welcome " + entry.screen_name;
successfulLogin();
// Just for eg.
app.init();
},
function(data) {
console.log("ERROR: " + data);
}
);
// Now we have to close the child browser because everthing goes on track.
window.plugins.childBrowser.close();
},
function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
);
}
else {
// Just Empty
}
},
tweet: function() {
var storedAccessData, rawData = localStorage.getItem(twitterKey);
storedAccessData = JSON.parse(rawData); // Paring Json
options.accessTokenKey = storedAccessData.accessTokenKey; // it will be saved on first signin
options.accessTokenSecret = storedAccessData.accessTokenSecret; // it will be save on first login
// javascript OAuth will care of else for app we need to send only the options
oauth = OAuth(options);
oauth.get('https://api.twitter.com/1/account/verify_credentials.json?skip_status=true',
function(data) {
var entry = JSON.parse(data.text);
Twitter.post();
}
);
},
/*
We now have the data to tweet
*/
post: function() {
alert('Post !');
var theTweet = $("#tweet").val(); // You can change it with what else you likes.
oauth.post('https://upload.twitter.com/1/statuses/update_with_media.json',
{
'status': theTweet,
'media': //HERE IS THE PROBLEM, WHAT TO DO HERE ?
}, "multipart/form-data",
function(data)
{
alert('Data 1 !');
console.log('------Data1 : ' + data);
var entry = JSON.parse(data.text);
console.log(entry);
done();
},
function(data) {
//var json_result = JSON.parse(data);
//alert(json_result.text.error);
var entry = JSON.stringify(data);
console.log('------Data2 : ' + entry);
}
);
}
}
function done() {
alert("OKKK !");
$("#tweet").val('');
}
function successfulLogin() {
$("#loginBtn").hide();
$("#logoutBtn,#tweet,#tweeter,#tweetBtn,#tweetText").show();
}
function logOut() {
//localStorage.clear();
window.localStorage.removeItem(twitterKey);
document.getElementById("welcome").innerHTML = "Please Login to use this app";
$("#loginBtn").show();
$("#logoutBtn,#tweet,#tweeter,#tweetText,#tweetBtn").hide();
}
After many tests (sending a base64 image, sending a blob, sending a binary file, ...) here is the return message from Twitter I have :
{\"errors\":[{\"message\":\"Internal
error\",\"code\":131}]}","xml":"","requestHeaders":{"Content-Type":"multipart/form-data"},"responseHeaders":{"date":"Fri,
19 Apr 2013 15:45:28
GMT","content-encoding":"deflate","strict-transport-security":"max-age=631138519","status":"500
Internal Server
Error","server":"tfe","content-type":"application/json;
charset=utf-8","version":"HTTP/1.1"}}
A "solution" (by send a blob) have been posted on the Twitter dev forum but not working for me : dev.twitter.com/discussions/6969
Does anyone want to implement the same feature or have a solution ? Thank you !
------ EDITED :
I just want to use Javascript and I don't want to implement any server-side solution (no PHP, C#, Java...).

According to the docs, Twitter requires the multipart/form-data enctype, which means a base64 string isn't going to work.
Unlike POST statuses/update, this method expects raw multipart data. Your POST request's Content-Type should be set to multipart/form-data with the media[] parameter ~ https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/post/statuses/update_with_media
However, you could host an endpoint that takes base64, converts it to a real file, and forwards the request to Twitter. For example (untested):
<?php
$base64 = $_POST['image'];
$data = base64_decode( $base64 );
// Make name unique to avoid conflicts.
$temp_file = uniqid() . $_POST['name'];
// Save the file to a temp location.
file_put_contents( $temp_file, $data );
$temp_info = pathinfo( $temp_file );
$temp_type = $temp_info['extension'];
$temp_name = basename( $temp_file, '.' . $temp_type );
// OAuth library recommended by Twitter: https://github.com/themattharris/tmhOAuth
// See original: https://github.com/themattharris/tmhOAuth-examples/blob/master/images.php
require 'tmhOAuth.php';
require 'tmhUtilities.php';
$tmhOAuth = new tmhOAuth( array(
'consumer_key' => $_POST['consumer_key'],
'consumer_secret' => $_POST['consumer_secret'],
'user_token' => $_POST['user_token'],
'user_secret' => $_POST['user_secret'],
));
// note the type and filename are set here as well
// Edit: Not sure if the `type` and `filename` params are necessary.
$params = array( 'media[]' => "#{$temp_file};type={$temp_type};filename={$temp_name}" );
$code = $tmhOAuth->request( 'POST', $tmhOAuth->url( '1/status/update_with_media' ),
$params,
true, // use auth
true // multipart
);
// Remove temp file.
unlink( $temp_file );
if ( $code == 200 ) {
tmhUtilities::pr( json_decode( $tmhOAuth->response['response'] ) );
}
tmhUtilities::pr( htmlentities( $tmhOAuth->response['response'] ) );
?>
And you might call it like:
$.ajax({
// You'll want to use https to protect the oauth info.
url: "https://mysite.com/proxy.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
image: "base64 data...",
name: "foo.png",
consumer_key: options.consumerKey,
consumer_secret: options.consumerSecret,
user_token: options.accessTokenKey,
user_secret: options.accessTokenSecret
},
success: function( data ) {
console.log( data );
}
});

For anyone trying to post images to Twitter using client JS, I was able to post to twitter using the solution by gary-buynary-co-za (https://github.com/bytespider/jsOAuth/pull/11) at the end of this forum. Pretty much ended up using Phonegap FileTransfer and FileTransferOptions objects for transferring image to twitter api, but used jsOAuth for preparing FileTransferOptions headers and signatures. The solution could definitely be cleaned up though.

Trouble using jQuery post inside non jQuery function

I have the following script inside a HTML page:
<script>
function Test(){
alert("i got here");
var username = document.registration_form.username.value;
alert(username);
$.post("checkname.php", { name: username }, function(data) {
alert("and here");
alert(data);
if (data = "0"){
alert('That username is already in use, please choose another');
return false;
};
if (data = "1") {
return true;
};
});
};
</script>
I'm trying to get the function test to return true or false if a username is already in my database.
checkname.php contains the following:
<?
$host="localhost"; // Host name
$username=""; // Mysql username
$password=""; // Mysql password
$db_name=""; // Database name
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect");
mysql_select_db("$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
$myusername=$_POST['name'];
$sql="SELECT * FROM members WHERE username='".$myusername."'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
if($count >= 1){
echo "0";
}
else {
echo "1";
}
?>
I've tried hardcoding a name and running the PHP and it works fine.
For some reason though when I run Test() the first 2 alerts come through fine, showing me the username enetered, but none of the subsequent alerts appear.
Oooo and jQuery has been added in the header like so:
<script src="create/js/jquery-1.4.4.min.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
<script src="create/js/jquery-ui-1.8.7.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Any help much appreciated :)

First of all, your return statements from the callback to $.post will not return from your Test() function. You should call Test with a callback function that deals with the data from the server, something like this:
function Test(username, callback) {
$.post("checkname.php", {name: username}, callback);
}
Test(document.registration_form.username.value, function(data) {
if(data == "0") {
// Do something
} else {
// Do something else
}
});
Brad is also correct about the comparison - you're currently assigning "0" to data. You should get the alerts though, I think, even with the other errors. Maybe you need the absolute path to the checkname.php script? E.g. "/checkname.php" (note the slash)?

Off-hand, you should be using == for comparison in javascript. A single = is an assignment, == is a comparison. So having said that, if (data = "0"){ would become if (data == "0"){.
Other than that, I don't see anything too fishy. You're allowed to use jQuery functions within "traditional" javascript function(){}'s.
Also, make sure you sanitize the input from the $_POST['name'] using something like mysql_real_escape_string.

The problem may be that the PHP script is returning a new line before or after it prints 0 or 1. So the string returned wouldn't equal "0" or "1".
Try to change it to output JSON instead.
if($count >= 1){
$ret = 0;
}
else{
$ret = 1;
}
echo json_encode(array('status' => $ret));
And then change your $.post to:
$.post("checkname.php", { name: username }, function(data) {
alert("and here");
alert(data);
if(data.status = 0){
alert('That username is already in use, please choose another');
}
if(data.status = 1) {
alert('That username is not already in use');
}
}, 'json');
NOTE: The return false and return true don't do anything. You cannot return from an AJAX call.