jQuery post method ignores returned value

I have a form on a site that will either return "invalid email" and reveal a div, or it will be successful, hide the form and reveal a different div. When I console.log the data returned from the form I get a 0 or a 1, 0 being invalid and 1 being success, but when I pass this into an if statement, it is ignored and the "else" statement is triggered. What am I doing wrong?

$("#contact-form").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var name = $("#name").val();
var email = $("#email").val();
var message = $("#message").val();

$.post("contact_form.php", {
name1: name,
email1: email,
message1: message
}).done(
function(data) {
if (data == "1") {
$("#invalid").hide();
$("#contact-form").fadeOut();
$("#returnmessage").fadeIn();
} else if (data == "0") {
$("#invalid").fadeIn();
} else {
console.log('neither');
}
});
});


HTML is as follows:

<div id="about-form">
<form id="contact-form">
<fieldset>
<input id="name" name="name" placeholder="your name" class="about-input" required="" type="text">
<input id="email" name="email" placeholder="your email" class="about-input" required="" type="text">
<textarea id="message" name="message" placeholder="your message" class="about-input message" required=""></textarea>
<input type="submit" class="about-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" id="submit">
</fieldset>
</form>
<div id="returnmessage">Thanks for your interest! We will get back to you in a jiffy.</div>
<div id="invalid">Invalid Email</div>


data

typeof data

1 Answer
1

include dataType if your respose is string. like:

dataType

$.post(
"contact_form.php",
{
name1: name,
email1: email,
message1: message
},
function(data) {
if (data == "1") {
$("#invalid").hide();
$("#contact-form").fadeOut();
$("#returnmessage").fadeIn();
} else if (data == "0") {
$("#invalid").fadeIn();
} else {
console.log('neither');
}
},
'text'
);


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