multiple return values from PHP with jQuery AJAX
Use json_encode() to convert an associative array from PHP into JSON and use $.getJSON(), which will return a Javascript array.
Example:
<?php echo json_encode(array("a" => "valueA", "b" => "valueB")); ?>In Javascript:
$.getJSON("myscript.php", function(data) { alert("Value for 'a': " + data.a + "\nValue for 'b': " + data.b);});
Make your response return JSON, you'll need to change your jQuery to this, so the expected dataType is json:
$.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "customerfilter.php", dataType: 'json', cache: false, success: function(data) { $(".custName").html(data.message1); $(".custName2").html(data.message2); }});Then you need to encode your response as a JSON Array:
<?php echo json_encode( array("message1" => "Hi", "message2" => "Something else") ) ?>
Why don't you return a JSON object. This way you can easily put many different results inside the ajax response.