function get() { $id = $this->input->post("id"); if ($id == 0) { $name = $this->input->post("name", TRUE); $vendorObject = new Vendor(); $vendorObject->get_by_name($name); if ($vendorObject->exists()) { $data = $vendorObject->to_array(); $data["error"] = FALSE; } else { $data["error"] = TRUE; } } else { $vendorObject = new Vendor($id); if (!$vendorObject->exists()) { $data["error"] = TRUE; } else { $data = $vendorObject->to_array(); $data["error"] = FALSE; } } echo json_encode($data); }