Problem sending an array containing some JSON string to AJAX from PHP - php

Question

Am working on a form whereby am passing values from the frontend to the backend using AJAX. From the frontend, all the data is being passed fine except that after performing some logic on the backend, I need to transport the data to the frontend. The data is contained in 2 separate variables whereby I have converted each to a JSON object for transmission.
When I dd() the data in the backend I get it in form of a string.
The problem is when I log response in the console tab (from the AJAX code), I don't get any response from the backend.. Please assist?
Controller file containing PHP code
public
function validatePlanEntries(Request $request)
{
//dd($request->all());
//Other PHP logic
//Convert data to JSON format
$form = json_encode($oldata);
//dd($form);
$planJson = json_encode($plans_benefits);
$plans = compact(['planJson' , 'form']);
//dd($plans);
return $plans;
}
AJAX code getting the response from the controller above
<script>
//Other Js code
form.parsley().validate();
//Returns true if Parsley validation has no errors
if (form.parsley().isValid()){
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "getplans",
data:JSON.stringify(type),
contentType: 'application/json',
dataType: "json",
success: function(response){
console.log(response);
},
failure: function(errMsg) {
alert(errMsg);
}
});
};
</script>

Answer 1

I wouldn't convert them to 2 separate JSON encoded values an instead add them to 1. So instead of...
//Convert data to JSON format
$form = json_encode($oldata);
//dd($form);
$planJson = json_encode($plans_benefits);
$plans = compact(['planJson' , 'form']);
//dd($plans);
return $plans;
Something like, build an array with both pieces of data and json_encode() the result...
return json_encode([ "form" => $oldata, "plan" => $plans_benefits]);
You will need to update your Javascript to extract the relevant parts of the response.
Update:
I'm not a Laravel person, but it seems you can use...
return \Response::json([ "form" => $oldata, "plan" => $plans_benefits]);