PHP file not running in AJAX? - php

Question

My AJAX function is not running my PHP script. I have a similar function for my signup and it is working without any issues. The AJAX function runs to the end of the done call but the first line in the PHP file that creates a cookie does not run.
I have outputted the data(result) to console and that all looks good. No errors come up and I have enabled PHP errors on my server which I have full control over. The server is fine as this exact approach was used for the sign-up portion of the website and it works.
JQuery
$('#login-form').on("submit", function(e){
var dataString = $(this).serialize();
console.log(dataString);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "bin/login.php",
data: dataString
}).done(function (result, status, xhr) {
// Display message back to the user here.
window.location.replace('./app/');
console.log("Login Completed!");
}).fail(function (result) {
// TASK: Add a visual element on the page for errors.
if (result.status == 522){
alert("Email not verified!");
} else if (result.status == 523){
alert("Password was incorrect!");
} else if (result.status == 524) {
alert("User account not found!");
}
});
return false;
});
PHP
<?php
setcookie("TestCookie", "login.php", none, "/");
if (array_key_exists('emailAddress', $_POST) && array_key_exists('password', $_POST)){
$emailAddress = $_POST["emailAddress"];
$password = $_POST["password"];
// Connect to the database with this standard connect PHP script.
include('connectDB.php');
// Check the link was established.
if (!mysqli_connect_error()) {
$sqlget = "SELECT id, emailAddress, userPassword, userRole, emailVerified FROM users WHERE emailAddress=\"$emailAddress\"";
$sqldata = mysqli_query($dbconn, $sqlget);
if (mysqli_num_rows($sqldata) == 1){
// One user was found.
$userInfo = mysqli_fetch_array($sqldata);
setcookie("Account", "found", none, "/");
if ((password_verify($password, $userInfo["userPassword"])) {
setcookie("Password", "OK", none, "/");
if ($userInfo["emailVerified"] == true) {
setcookie("loginId", $userInfo["id"], none, "/");
} else {
// Email was not verified.
header('HTTP/1.1 522 Email Not Verified');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}
} else {
// Password verification failed.
header('HTTP/1.1 523 Password verification Failed');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}
} else {
// No user found in the system
header('HTTP/1.1 524 User not Found');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}
} else {
// Place code to tell the user there was an internal DB error.
// Possibly a standard error message. Lets not scare the user.
header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}
}
?>

Answer 1

I found the problem. I had one too many brackets on line 18. I changed the line to the following and the PHP script ran.
if (password_verify($password, $userInfo["userPassword"])) {
if ($userInfo["emailVerified"] == true) {
setcookie("loginId", $userInfo["id"], 0, "/");
} else {
// Email was not verified.
header('HTTP/1.1 522 Email Not Verified');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}
} else {
// Password verification failed.
header('HTTP/1.1 523 Password verification Failed');
header('Conent-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
die(json_encode($result));
}