function getSupervisorOfCenter() { include "supervisor.php"; $id = $_REQUEST['id']; $obj = new Supervisor(); if (!$obj->getSupervisorOfCenter($id)) { echo '{"result":0,"message": "failed to display"}'; return; } //at this point the search has been successful. //generate the JSON message to echo to the browser $row = $obj->fetch(); echo '{"result":1,"supervisor":['; //start of json object while ($row) { echo json_encode($row); //convert the result array to json object $row = $obj->fetch(); if ($row) { echo ","; //if there are more rows, add comma } } echo "]}"; }