unexpected character at line 1 column 1

unexpected character at line 1 column 1

I am receiving
Player has signed in. jquery.js%20line%202%20%3E%20eval :137:9 SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

in my console log and here is this
  1.                         console.log("Player has signed in.");
                            $("#content").load("pages/play.php");
                        } else if(data == 0){
                            $("#content").load("pages/signIn.php");
                            return false;
                        }
                    });
            }

        });
I am confused why this is.