I have run into another issue with the $.post call.  It does not seem to be returning any information.  In the below code you will see that I am passing two variables through post to a separate php file.  

2. $("#myform").submit(function(event){
3. event.preventDefault();
4. var user = document.myform.userid.value;
5. var pass = document.myform.password.value;
6. $.post("vallog.php",{ username: user, password: pass},  function(data){
7. console.log(data.test);
8. if(data.validate == "passed"){
9. passed();
10. }
11. else{
12. failed();
13. }
14. });
15. });

The vallog.php file assigns the test value before it does anything else, so it should work.  when i navigate directly to the php file it gives me the below output

1. {"test":"it worked","valiate":"failed"}

now if i submit the page that has the .post on it console.log writes an undefined value. Which leads me to believe that it is not returning any data, and I am not sure why.  Any help is greatly appreciated.