alert(f) ALERTS "correct" BUT if(f=='correct') doesn't work!?

[slj90]

I don't understand why these if statements aren't working:

 $.post('./action/forgotpasswordcheck.php',{username:tu, email:te},function(f){
if(f=='correct') {
alert('Correct!')
} else if(f=='incorrect') {
 alert('Incorrect!') 
 } else {
 alert(f) }
  });
}

It alerts the last alert, alert(f) and it either says 'correct' or 'incorrect' so why aren't the if statements working?

 

forgotpasswordcheck.php contains:

if ($rowcount == 0) { echo "incorrect"; } else { echo "correct"; }

Thanks in advance,

[maxxd]

In your php file, echo a json-encoded array and check those values in your javascript. Along the lines of:

... echo json_encode(array('status'=>'correct')); ...

and in your JS:

if(f.status == 'correct'){ ...

[slj90]

Hi, thanks for your reply,

 

I've made the changes but now none of the javascript on the page is working.

 $.post('./action/forgotpasswordcheck.php',{username:tu, email:te},function(f){
if(f.status == 'correct'){
alert('Correct!')
if(f.status == 'incorrect'){
 alert('Incorrect!') 
 } else {
 alert(f) }
  });
}

Please advise,

 

Thanks,

[slj90]

It's working if I see if the string contains "correct":
 

if (f.indexOf("correct") >= 0) {
alert('Correct!')
}

[maxxd]

Did you get this working?

 

If not, print the contents of f to your console and check it there. If the status isn't 'correct', but for instance, "you are correct, sir or ma'am!", then my code wont' work because it's checking equality. However, your code would work because the word 'correct' is present in the string somewhere after the first letter of the string. It's also possible that the JSON output from forgotpasswordcheck.php isn't being parsed in JavaScript before the check is made.