Yes, the missing semicolons are an error in the post. I tried to echo
the json_encode() call but I still can't get it to work. If I leave
the email input blank no email is sent. If I enter a string the email
is sent. The 'div.error' is always displayed regardless what's posted.

Here's my full code again:

------------------
HTML / Ajax
------------------
<?php

require_once("../inc/site_config.php");

require_once(SITE . "/includes.php");
?>
<html>
  <head>
        <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      $(document).ready(function(){
        $("form#submit").submit(function() {
          var email = $('#email').attr('value');
          $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "ajax.php?v=1",
            data: "email="+ email,
            success: function(res){
              if(res.result == 1) {
                $('form#submit').hide();
                $('div.success').fadeIn('medium');
              } else {
                $('div.error').show();
              }
            }
          });
          return false;
        });
      });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <form id="submit" method="post">
        Email:
        <input id="email" class="text" name="email" size="20"
type="text" />
            <input type="submit" value="send mail" />
          </form>
      <div class="success" style="display:none;">
        Email sent.
      </div>
      <div class="error" style="display:none;">err</div>
  </body>
</html>

--------------
PHP
--------------
<?php

require_once("includes.php");

$message = $_POST['email'];

if($message != '') {
  mail('some-em...@email.com', 'Ajax test', $message);
  $json_data = array('result' => 1);
} else {
  $json_data = array('result' => 0);
}

echo json_encode($json_data);

?>
$message = $_POST['email'];

if($message != '') {
  mail('r...@cube33.com', 'Ajax test', $message);
  $json_data = array('result' => 1);
} else {
  $json_data = array('result' => 0);
}

echo json_encode($json_data);

?>
--------------
On Jan 4, 5:44 pm, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote:
> You must 'echo' the JSON output.  Also you indicate periods ending
> code lines, instead of semicolons but perhaps that's just an error in
> your post, not the actual code?
>
> On Jan 4, 10:38 am, rob303 <r...@cube33.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Many thanks for the help.  I had a go at implementing what you
> > suggested but I'm clearly still missing something.
>
> > Here is my $.ajax() call:
> > ------------------
> > $(document).ready(function(){
> >         $("form#submit").submit(function() {
> >           var email = $('#email').attr('value');
> >           $.ajax({
> >             type: "POST",
> >             url: "ajax.php",
> >             data: "email="+ email,
> >             success: function(del){
> >               if(del.result == 1) {
> >                 $('form#submit').hide();
> >                 $('div.success').fadeIn('medium');
> >               } else {
> >                 $('div.error').show();
> >               }
> >             }
> >           });
> >           return false;
> >         });
> >       });
> > ------------------
>
> > And here is my json array in PHP:
> > ------------------
> > $message = $_POST['email'];
>
> > if($message != '') {
> >   mail('some-em...@email.com', 'Ajax test', $message);
> >   $json_data = array('result' => 1).} else {
>
> >   $json_data = array('result' => 0, 'error' => 'This is an error').
>
> > }
>
> > json_encode($json_data);
> > ------------------
>
> > I'm obviously not accessing del.result correctly because $
> > ('div.error').show(); is always executed regardless of the value of
> > result.  Where am I going wrong?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Rob.
>
> > On Jan 4, 2:41 pm, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > Return a JSON object.
>
> > > Construct a PHP array such as $json_data = array('result' => 0,
> > > 'error' => 'This is an error').  End your PHP script with json_encode
> > > ($json_data).  Then you can reference del.result and del.error (I'm
> > > referring to your definition of the' success' function from your
> > > sample code)
>
> > > On Jan 4, 7:16 am, rob303 <r...@cube33.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > I'm new to ajax and jquery but I'm not new to PHP.  The following
> > > > example seems to work okay to a point but I can't figure out how to
> > > > handle data validation errors generated in my PHP.
>
> > > > In my example I want to post some data to a script called ajax.php.
> > > > That script will check the data for validity and then return true or
> > > > false depending on the outcome of the checks. It will also set an
> > > > appropriate error message.
>
> > > > How can I handle the returned data and display an error message if
> > > > needed in ajax?
>
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > HTML / Ajax - test.php
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > <?php
>
> > > > require_once("includes.php");
>
> > > > ?>
> > > > <html>
> > > >   <head>
> > > >     <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
> > > >     <script type="text/javascript">
> > > >       $(document).ready(function(){
> > > >         $("form#submit").submit(function() {
> > > >           var email = $('#email').attr('value');
> > > >           $.ajax({
> > > >             type: "POST",
> > > >             url: "ajax.php",
> > > >             data: "email="+ email,
> > > >             success: function(del){
> > > >               $('form#submit').hide();
> > > >               $('div.success').fadeIn('medium');
> > > >               // what if the data failed validation in PHP?
> > > >               // we need to show 'div.error".
> > > >             }
> > > >           });
> > > >           return false;
> > > >         });
> > > >       });
> > > >     </script>
> > > >   </head>
> > > >   <body>
> > > >     <form id="submit" method="post">
> > > >       Email:
> > > >       <input id="email" class="text" name="email" size="20"
> > > > type="text" />
> > > >       <input type="submit" value="send mail" />
> > > >     </form>
> > > >     <div class="success" style="display:none;">
> > > >       Email sent.
> > > >     </div>
> > > >     <div class="error">
> > > >       <?php echo $userError; ?>
> > > >     </div>
> > > >   </body>
> > > > </html
>
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > PHP - ajax.php
> > > > ----------------------
> > > > <?php
>
> > > > require_once("includes.php");
>
> > > > $message = $_POST['email'];
>
> > > > if($message != '') {
> > > >   mail('some-em...@email.com', 'Ajax test', $message);
> > > >   return 1;} else {
>
> > > >   $userError = "Please enter your email address";
> > > >   return 0;
>
> > > > }
>
> > > > ?>
>
> > > > I've been searching the web for an answer but can't find one
> > > > anywhere!  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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