1//HTML
2$("#signupForm").validate({
3 rules: {
4 username: {
5 required: true,
6 minlength: 3,
7 remote: "check-username.php"
8 }
9 },
10 messages: {
11 username:{
12 remote: "This username is already taken! Try another."
13 }
14 }
15});
16
17//PHP code of check-username.php
18<?php
19
20header('Content-type: application/json');
21$request = $_REQUEST['username'];
22
23$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM mmh_user_info WHERE username ='$username'");
24$result = mysql_num_rows($query);
25if ($result == 0){
26$valid = 'true';}
27else{
28$valid = 'false';
29}
30echo $valid;
31exit;
32?>