I am having problem with success messages.  If the form is submitted and there are no problems, I want it to alert Success.  If the form is submitted and there are problems, I want it to alert Error occurred.

 

Currently, if I submit something that is posted to MySQL successfully, it gives me no messages.  If I submit something that does not meet the requirements within the PHP script it gives me the Success message, not the error message.

 

 JQUERY:

 

[code]

$(document).ready(function(){
 $("#security_add_category").click(function(event){
 
  var category = $("#category").val();
  var type_id = $("#type_id").val();
  
  $.ajax({
   type: "POST",
   url: "../php/security_add_category.php",
   data: "category=" + category + "&type_id=" + type_id,
   error: function() {
    alert('Error occurred.');
   },
   success: function() {
    alert('Success.');
   }
  });

 });
});

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PHP

 

[code]

 

$errors = array();
 
$category = htmlspecialchars(trim(strtoupper($_POST['category'])));
$type_id = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['type_id']));

if (strlen($category) < 3) {
 $errors[] = 'Category name must be at least 3 characters';
}

if (strlen($category) > 100) {
 $errors[] = 'Category name cannot be more than 100 characters';
}

if (empty($errors)) {
 
 require_once('C:\Extranet\security_add_category.php');
 
}

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So for example, if the category name is less than 3 characters, the script does not work, but it gives me the message Success.