How to make JQuery-AJAX request synchronous

Question

How do i make an ajax request synchronous?

I have a form which needs to be submitted. But it needs to be submitted only when the user enters the correct password.

Answer 1

I added dataType as json and made the response as json:

PHP

echo json_encode(array('success'=>$res)); //send the response as json **use this instead of echo $res in your php file**

JavaScript

  var ajaxSubmit = function(formE1) {

        var password = $.trim($('#employee_password').val());    
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            async: "false",
            url: "checkpass.php",
            data: "password="+password,
            dataType:'json',  //added this so the response is in json
            success: function(result) {
                var arr=result.success;
                if(arr == "Successful")
                {    return true;
                }
                else
                {    return false;
                }
            }
        });

  return false
}