jQuery Validate remote method usage to check if username already exists

Question

I want to validate if username exists in database using jQuery.validate so here\'s what I have so far:

jQuery:

    $(\"#signupForm\").validate({
             


        

Answer 1

I have two resources for to look at.

Official example from the validate plugin: http://jquery.bassistance.de/validate/demo/milk/

jQuery forum solution: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/jquery-validation-plugin-remote-validation-problem-locks-up

The possible solution is that the response does not need to be json encoded as far as I can tell. Since json needs key value pairs, suppling just the value won't work. So try to just echo it out as 'true' or 'false' strings.

Second, the validate uses GET for the form submission method, not POST.

NOTE: JUST FOUND POSSIBLE SOLUTION QUESTION jQuery Remote validation