My 1st attempt at an ajax script - check username - not working!

[herghost]

Hi Guys

 

This is my first attempt at an ajax script, so please be gentle!

 

Basically my script is meant to check a db to see if the username exists, however it just hangs on the loading.gif

 

 

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{
$("#username").change(function() 
	{ 
		var username = $("#username").val();
		var msgbox = $("#status");
		if(username.length < 6)
			{
				$("#status").html('<img src="img/cancel.png" />  Username must be at least 6 characters');
				$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/cancel.png")');
				document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=true;
			}
		if(username.length > 5)
			{

				$("#status").html('<img src="img/loading.gif" /> ...Checking Username');
				$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/asterisk_orange.png")');
				document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=true;
				jQuery.ajax({
   								type: "POST",
   								url: "usernamechecker.php",
   								data: 'username='+ username,
   								cache: false,
   								
							success: function(response)
								{
									if(response = 0)
										{
										 $('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/tick.png")');
										 document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=false;
										}
									else{
										$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/cancel.png") Username already in use');	
										}

								}
							});
			}
	});

});

</script>

 

usernamechecker.php

<?php
include('../class/class.dbconnect.inc.php');

$username = trim(strtolower($_POST['username']));
$username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);

$db = new dbconnect();
$db->connect();
$db->select('tbl_users','username','username="'.$username.'"');
$amount = count($db->getResult());
echo $amount;
?>

 

If I set a variable username in the checker manually and call the page I get the correct response from the database.

 

My table (tbl_users)

 

id, email, username, password

1, test@test.com, testuser, sha1pass

 

 

Can anyone point me in the direction of what I am doing wrong?

 

 

 

 

[Jessica]

usernamechecker.php - is this file in the same directory as the one in your URL?

You should probably use the full URL just to be safe.

 

Install Firebug and you can easily debug this stuff.

[herghost]

usernamechecker.php - is this file in the same directory as the one in your URL?

You should probably use the full URL just to be safe.

 

Install Firebug and you can easily debug this stuff.

 

Hi Jesirose

 

Many thanks for your response, firebug is fantastic!

 

fixed script - I was forgetting to update my html content for the span div

 

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{
$("#username").change(function() 
	{ 
		var username = $("#username").val();
		var msgbox = $("#status");
		if(username.length < 6)
			{
				$("#status").html('<img src="img/cancel.png" />  Username must be at least 6 characters');
				$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/cancel.png")');
				document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=true;
			}
		if(username.length > 5)
			{

				$("#status").html('<img src="img/loading.gif" /> ...Checking Username');
				$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/asterisk_orange.png")');
				document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=true;
				jQuery.ajax({
   								type: "POST",
   								url: "http://localhost/logtrav/forms/usernamechecker.php",
   								data: 'username='+ username,
   								cache: false,
   								
							success: function(response)
								{
									if(response == 0)
										{
										 $('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/tick.png")');
										 document.getElementById("registerNew").disabled=false;
										 $("#status").html('');
										}
									else{
										$('#username').css('background-image', 'url("../forms/img/cancel.png")');
										$("#status").html('Username already in use');
										}

								}
							});
			}
	});

});

</script>