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So, right now I am trying to make it so that an AJAX post request can trigger this conditional statement:

if(isset($_POST['purse'])) 
 if($_POST['purse'] == true) <---- Removed
 if($nexttime <= time()) 
 /* Some DB queries etc.. */
 $output = array();
 array_push($output, "<div class='alert alert-success'>You are successful!</div>");
 echo(json_encode($output));
 else 
 /* Other stuff... */
 
 
 /* Echos work here */
 

And so far I have tried this:

 $(document).ready(function() 
 $('#purse').click(function() 
 $.ajax(
 
 type : "POST",
 url: "petty.php",
 data: purse: 'true',
 dataType: 'json',
 success: function(data) 
 alert(data);
 

 );
 );
 );

But that doesn't seem to trigger it. This is all for an effort to make it so the page executes whatever it is supposed to, depending on which button the user clicks, without refreshing the page and I heard AJAX is the way to go for that, but I honestly can't figure it out and have tried tutorials but they don't do what I am trying to do, from what I have seen.

Form:

<form action="petty.php" method="post">
 <div class="subheading mb-5 text-center"><br>Steal a few purses.
 <button type="submit" name="purse" id="purse" class="btn btn-dark center-block">Submit</button>
 <div class="subheading mb-5 text-center"><br>Forge checks.
 <button type="submit" name="checks" id="checks" class="btn btn-dark center-block">Submit</button>
 <div class="subheading mb-5 text-center"><br>Steal cars.
 <button type="submit" name="cars" id="cars" class="btn btn-dark center-block">Submit</button>
 </form>

EDIT: Well, my issue is that I am trying to push all messages, that the user will be able to see upon clicking a button, into an array and using echo(json_encode($output)) to push it all to AJAX so that it can be outputted to the browser, but it doesn't seem to be working.

You're using

$.ajax(
 url: url,
 data: 'purse' : purse,
 type : "POST"
);

but we don't see the definition of 'url' or 'purse' anywhere. Did you debug it using Chrome/Firefox Developer Tools and check if it actually sends the ajax request?

Also, you should first check the existence of the ['purse'] key in your php code and then check validity. You're only checking existence, so the if statement will be entered any time you send the ajax, regardless of whether 'purse' actually contains anything.