Question

I’m trying incorporate some if-else statements with ajax

So basically I have this php file get.php and another php file (with the ajax code) ajax.php

my ajax looks something like this. This is ajax.php

$.ajax({ 
    type: "GET",
    data: data,
    url: "get.php"

}).done(function(data){
    alert(data);
    if(data == "homer"){
        alert("doh");
    }else if(data == "wife"){
        alert("marge");
    }

});

I have some php script, this is get.php

if(!$something){
echo "homer";
}else{
echo "wife";
}

So basically, I’m getting the appropriate alert(data), which is either homer or wife. But its not alerting doh or marge

Can someone explain why this is not working?

Thank you!

Answer 1

http adds some white spaces to the data so you have to trim it first

if else route on ajax data not working