<?php require "connection.php"; require "dbAccess.php"; $eventid = htmlentities($_POST["eventid"]); // return array for for JSON responses $resultArray = array(); // create db connection $access = new dbAccess(); $access->openConnection(); // find database for event name in events table to delete $result = $access->deleteEvent($eventid); // report success if query succeeded if (!empty($result)) { $returnValue["status"] = "Success"; $returnValue["message"] = "Event deleted"; echo json_encode($returnValue); } else { $returnValue["status"] = "error"; $returnValue["message"] = "Event not deleted"; echo json_encode($returnValue); } $access->closeConnection();