jQuery plugin Validation email check if else CRAZY WIERD - php

Question

I have successfully implemented the Jquery Validation Plugin http://posabsolute.github.com/jQuery-Validation-Engine/ but i am now trying to get an ajax database email check to work (email exists / email available) and i have written some php script to get this done. Its kinda working but i am getting the most unexpected heretically odd behavior from my IF ELSE statement (seems really crazy to me). observe ### marked comments
PHP code: LOOK AT THE IF ELSE STATEMENT
/* RECEIVE VALUE */
$validateValue = $_REQUEST['fieldValue'];
$validateId = $_REQUEST['fieldId'];
$validateError = "This username is already taken";
$validateSuccess = "This username is available";
/* RETURN VALUE */
$arrayToJs = array();
$arrayToJs[0] = $validateId;
$req = "SELECT Email
FROM business
WHERE Email = '$validateValue'";
$query = mysql_query($req);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$results = array($row['Email']);
}
if (in_array($validateValue, $results)) {
$arrayToJs[1] = false;
echo json_encode($arrayToJs); // RETURN ARRAY WITH ERROR ### popup shows "validating, please wait" then "This username is already taken" when email typed is in database - i.e. Working
file_put_contents('output.txt', print_r("1 in array - Email is Taken " . $validateValue, true)); ### this runs!!
}else{
$arrayToJs[1] = true; // RETURN TRUE
echo json_encode($arrayToJs); // RETURN ARRAY WITH success ### popup shows "validating, please wait" when email typed is NOT in the database - i.e. not Working
file_put_contents('output.txt', print_r("2 else - Email is available " . $validateValue, true));
//### THIS RUNS TOO !!!!!!!!!!!!! i.e. echo json_encode($arrayToJs) wont work for both.. If I change (in_array()) to (!in_array()) i get the reverse when email is in database.
//i.e. only the else statements echo json_encode($arrayToJs) runs and the popup msg shows up green "This username is available" crazy right???
//so basically IF ELSE statements run as expected (confirmed by output.txt) but only one echo json_encode($arrayToJs) will work.!!!!
//If i remove the json_encode($arrayToJs) statements and place it once after the IF ELSE statement i get the same problem.
//both $arrayToJs[1] = false; and $arrayToJs[1] = true; can work separately depending on which is first run IF or ELSE but they will not work in the one after another;
}
HERE IS THE REST OF THE CODE-->
1-HTML FORM INPUT CODE:
<tr>
<td> <Label>Business Email</Label>
<br>
<input type="text" name="Email" id="Email" class="validate[required,custom[email],ajax[ajaxUserCallPhp]] text-input">
</td>
</tr>
2-Relevant JQUERY code in jquery.validationEngine.js:
$.ajax({
type: type,
url: url,
cache: false,
dataType: dataType,
data: data,
form: form,
methods: methods,
options: options,
beforeSend: function() {
return options.onBeforeAjaxFormValidation(form, options);
},
error: function(data, transport) {
methods._ajaxError(data, transport);
},
success: function(json) {
if ((dataType == "json") && (json !== true)) {
// getting to this case doesn't necessary means that the form is invalid
// the server may return green or closing prompt actions
// this flag helps figuring it out
var errorInForm=false;
for (var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
var value = json[i];
var errorFieldId = value[0];
var errorField = $($("#" + errorFieldId)[0]);
// make sure we found the element
if (errorField.length == 1) {
// promptText or selector
var msg = value[2];
// if the field is valid
if (value[1] == true) {
if (msg == "" || !msg){
// if for some reason, status==true and error="", just close the prompt
methods._closePrompt(errorField);
} else {
// the field is valid, but we are displaying a green prompt
if (options.allrules[msg]) {
var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertTextOk;
if (txt)
msg = txt;
}
if (options.showPrompts) methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "pass", false, options, true);
}
} else {
// the field is invalid, show the red error prompt
errorInForm|=true;
if (options.allrules[msg]) {
var txt = options.allrules[msg].alertText;
if (txt)
msg = txt;
}
if(options.showPrompts) methods._showPrompt(errorField, msg, "", false, options, true);
}
}
}
options.onAjaxFormComplete(!errorInForm, form, json, options);
} else
options.onAjaxFormComplete(true, form, json, options);
}
});
3-Relevent code for ajaxUserCallPhp in jquery.validationEngine-en.js:
"ajaxUserCallPhp": {
"url": "validation/php/ajaxValidateFieldUser.php",
// you may want to pass extra data on the ajax call
"extraData": "name=eric",
// if you provide an "alertTextOk", it will show as a green prompt when the field validates
"alertTextOk": "* This username is available",
"alertText": "* This user is already taken",
"alertTextLoad": "*Validating, please wait"
},
Im sure the problem lies with this echo.
echo json_encode($arrayToJs)
Please help i've spent to long on this and its almost working fully.
To clarify - I basically am trying to code it so that if i type an email in the db it shows red "This username is taken" then if i edit the input box to an email not in the database it changes to green "username is available" at the moment only one json_encode will run in any scenario no matter how i change the if else statement –
Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

Ok got it finally after a fiddle. I found that json_encode() returns false when any error or warning is posted. using the php error log file in xampp/php/logs/error_logs file i realised that i was getting an error only when the query result was null making $results = null. this caused an output error preventing json_encode() from echoing true, which is why i only got one response.
To fix it i made sure that the $result array was not empty by using the following code after the query to array part.
if(empty($results)){
$results [0]= ("obujasdcb8374db");
}
The whole code is now
$req = "SELECT Email
FROM business
WHERE Email = '$validateValue'";
$query = mysql_query($req);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$results[] = $row['Email'];
}
if(empty($results)){
$results [0]= ("obujasdcb8374db");
}
if (in_array($validateValue, $results)) {
$arrayToJs[1] = 0;
echo json_encode($arrayToJs); // RETURN ARRAY WITH ERROR
} else {
$arrayToJs[1] = 1; // RETURN TRUE
echo json_encode($arrayToJs); // RETURN ARRAY WITH success
}

Answer 2

I was able to change ajax url for ajaxusercallphp, ajaxnamecallphp without modifying the languge file... You need to search for this line inside jaquery.validateEngine.js
Find : _ajax:function(field,rules,I,options)
Then scroll down to the ajax request .ie $.ajax
And change url:rule.url to options.ajaxCallPhpUrl
Then all you have to do is include the url as an option like this:
JQuery("#formid").validateEngine('attach', {ajaCallPhpUrl : "yoururl goes here", onValidationComplete:function(form,status){
})
I was able to change ajax url for ajaxusercallphp, ajaxnamecallphp without modifying the languge file... You need to search for this line inside jaquery.validateEngine.js
Find : _ajax:function(field,rules,I,options)
Then scroll down to the ajax request .ie $.ajax
And change url:rule.url to options.ajaxCallPhpUrl
Then all you have to do is include the url as an option like this:
JQuery("#formid").validateEngine('attach', {ajaCallPhpUrl : "yoururl goes here", onValidationComplete:function(form,status){
})