PHP Script doesnt return variables to AJAX - php

Question

The code is for simple login validation.
The PHP script doesnt seem to run when returning values to JavaScript but runs fine when there are not variables to return.
So is there anything wrong or do I need to add anything else to return the values from PHP.
<?php
header('Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
include("config.php");
$formd=array();
//Fetching Values from URL
$username2=$_POST['username1'];
$password2=$_POST['password1'];
$query = mysqli_query($db,"SELECT username FROM login WHERE username = '$username2'");
$result=mysqli_fetch_assoc($query);
$sql=mysqli_query($db,"SELECT password FROM login WHERE username = '$username2'");
$resul=mysqli_fetch_assoc($sql);
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($query,MYSQLI_ASSOC);
$count = mysqli_num_rows($query);
$pass=$resul['password'];
if((password_verify($password2,$pass))and($count==1)) {
echo "ds";
} else {
echo "no";
$formd['no']="Invalid password or username"
}
mysqli_close($db); // Connection Closed
echo json_encode($formd);
exit();
?>
JavaScript
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submit").click(function(){
var username = $("#username").val();
var password = $("#password").val();
// Returns successful data submission message when the entered information is stored in database.
var dataString = 'username1='+ username + '&password1='+ password;
if(username==''||password=='') {
alert("Please Fill All Fields");
} else {
// AJAX Code To Submit Form.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "ajaxsubmit.php",
dataType: "json",
data: dataString,
success: function(data){
alert(data.no);
}
});
}
return false;
});
});
</script>

Answer 1

your Php code has 2 echo statements
if((password_verify($password2,$pass))and($count==1))
{
echo "ds"; // first
}
else
{
echo "no"; // first
$formd['no']="Invalid password or username"
}
mysqli_close($db); // Connection Closed
echo json_encode($formd); // second
This way, your php script returns malformed JSON data and hence $.ajax() cannot handle it.
Also, as others pointed out, please use the developer console to verify your script returns the expected data.

Answer 2

The if else part of your php script has an echo statement and then outside the if else you echo the array $formd. This malforms the JSON response. Also, you should use exit(1) as there is no exception being raised in your code.
Here the snippet you should use to get the script working.
if((password_verify($password2,$pass))and($count==1))
{
echo "ds";
}
else
{
// echo "no"; this is not required
$formd['no']="Invalid password or username"
}
mysqli_close($db); // Connection Closed
echo json_encode($formd);
exit(1);