I want to check email availability but it's not working. and also I am new to javascript and ajax please help me.
his is my code email input with span to show output(for now there is no output)
<input class="input--style-4" id="email" type="email" name="email" required>
<span id="user-availability-status"></span>
JS
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#email').blur(function() {
var email = $(this).val();
$.ajax({
url: 'includes\emailAvailability.php',
method: "POST",
data: {
email_val: email
},
success: function(data) {
if (data != 0) {
$('#user-availability-status').html('<span>Username blah not available</span>');
$('#register').attr("disabled", true);
} else {
$('#user-availability-status').html('<span>Username blah Available</span>');
$('#register').attr("disabled", false);
}
}
})
});
});
</script>
PHP file
<?php
if (isset($_POST["email_val"])) {
include("DbConn.php");
$email = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $_POST["email_val"]);
$query = "SELECT * FROM customer WHERE email = '" . $email . "'";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);
echo mysqli_num_rows($result);
}