<?php require_once('connect.php'); extract($_POST); $query = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM `authors` where id = '{$id}'"); if($query){ $resp['status'] = 'success'; $resp['data'] = $query->fetch_array(); }else{ $resp['status'] = 'success'; $resp['error'] = 'An error occured while fetching the data. Error: '.$conn->error; } echo json_encode($resp);