<?php require "db/Conn.php"; require "db/MySQLDAO.php"; $returnValue = array(); if (empty($_POST["searchWord"]) || empty($_POST["userId"])) { $returnValue["message"] = "Missing required information"; echo json_encode($returnValue); return; } $searchWord = htmlentities($_POST["searchWord"]); $userId = htmlentities($_POST["userId"]); $dao = new MySQLDAO(Conn::$dbhost, Conn::$dbuser, Conn::$dbpass, Conn::$dbname); $dao->openConnection(); $friends = $dao->findFriends($searchWord, $userId); $dao->closeConnection(); $returnValue["friends"] = $friends; echo json_encode($returnValue);