$email = htmlentities($_POST["email"]); $userid = htmlentities($_POST["userid"]); // array for JSON error communication $returnValue = array(); // reject if given missing inputs and return error as JSON // if(empty($email) || empty($name)){ // // $returnValue["status"] = "error"; // $returnValue["message"] = "Missing required field"; // echo json_encode($returnValue); // // return; // } // create database access object from dbAccess.php $access = new dbAccess(); $access->openconnection(); // get user details $userDetails = $access->getUserDetails($userid); // abort if email already in database if (!empty($userDetails)) { $returnValue["status"] = "error"; $returnValue["message"] = "User already exists"; echo json_encode($returnValue); return; } // encrypt name as password for the database $secure_password = md5($email); // register user with secure password $result = $access->registerUser($userid, $email, $secure_password); // report success if ($result) {