jQuery $.ajax request of dataType json will not retrieve data from PHP script

Question

I\'ve been looking all over for the solution but I cannot find anything that works. I am trying to get a bunch of data from the database and then via AJAX autocomplete input

Answer 1

In addition to McHerbie's note, try json_encode( $json_arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT ); if you are on PHP 5.3...

Answer 2

Try this...  
  <script type="text/javascript">

    $(document).ready(function(){

    $("#find").click(function(){
        var username  = $("#username").val();
            $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            dataType: 'json',
            url: 'includes/find.php',
            data: 'username='+username,
            success: function( data ) {
            //in data you result will be available...
            response = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
//further code..
            },

    error: function(xhr, status, error) {
        alert(status);
        },
    dataType: 'text'

    });
        });

    });



    </script>

    <form name="Find User" id="userform" class="invoform" method="post" />

    <div id ="userdiv">
      <p>Name (Lastname, firstname):</p>
      </label>
      <input type="text" name="username" id="username" class="inputfield" />
      <input type="button" name="find" id="find" class="passwordsubmit" value="find" />
    </div>
    </form>
    <div id="userinfo"><b>info will be listed here.</b></div>