Question

I am using ajax and returning values by the following method

$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM symptom WHERE symptom LIKE '%$key%'")or die('couldnt select');
while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))!=false){

    echo $row['disease'];

}   

but the result received in ajax function shows the result like

streppneumonia

instead of

strep
pneumonia

What am i doing wrong?I just can’t figure out the problem here.

Answer 1

when using ajax and returning multiple values, send it in the json format. You cannot distinguish the multiple values although you can break with break tag on the client side:

<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM symptom WHERE symptom LIKE '%$key%'")or die('couldnt select');
while(($row = mysql_fetch_array($query))!=false){

    $diseases[] =  $row['disease'];

} 

echo json_encode($diseases);

?>

Later, decode by js on the client side