public function checkEmailAction() { $this->_helper->layout->disableLayout(); $request = $this->getRequest(); $options = $request->getParams(); $model = new Application_Model_User(); if (true === $model->isExist("email='{$options['email']}'")) { $result = array('error' => 1, 'msg' => "Email already exists."); } else { $result = array('error' => 0, 'msg' => "Email is available!"); } echo Zend_Json::encode($result); exit; }