Unwanted new line returned after AJAX request

Question

I\'m using an ajax request to send comments to DB. Succesful response is marked by

1. OK

The problem actually is that the response from the

Answer 1

1. Make sure there is nothing, preceeding the opening in your classQuote.php
2. Make sure there are no trailing characters / lines after the closing ?>
3. Check to see if a ?> tag exists somewhere in the lines of code (follow flow from your __construct and where you invoke stuff)

Infact, it could prove helpful to leave out the closing tag. Another possibility is this:

  // capture output
            ob_start(); 
            require_once($ABS_APPS."/quotes/classQuote.php");
            $quote = new Quote();
            $quoteData = $quote->get($_POST["entryId"]);
            // If user comments his own entry we don't have to send the notification
            if($quoteData["UserAuthor"] != $_SESSION["User"]){
                $notification->newComment($_POST["username"], $quoteData["UserAuthor"], $_POST["entryId"], $_POST["app"]);
  // trim whitespace
            echo trim(ob_get_clean()); 
            }