This is a sample of a PHP script that could be used with the Custom AJAX request for Foundation 6 Stacks at foundationstacks.com

f6-ajax-example.php

<?php

ini_set('display_errors', '0');

function returnError($msg)
{
    header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
    header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');
    die(json_encode(array('message' => trim(strip_tags($msg)), 'code' => 500, 'post' => $_POST)));
}

function returnSuccess($msg)
{
    header('Content-Type: application/json');
    echo json_encode(array('message' => trim(strip_tags($msg)), 'code' => 200, 'post' => $_POST));
    exit();
}

register_shutdown_function(function () {
    $lastError = error_get_last();
    if (!empty($lastError) && $lastError['type'] == E_ERROR) {
        returnError($lastError["message"]);
    }
});

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST' || count($_POST) === 0) {
    // Only allow POST requests and make sure that there is POST data
    returnError("Error: Invalid request");
}

// Do something with the form data
foreach ($_POST as $field => $value) {
    // ... Something cool ...
}

if ($someError) {
    returnError("Houston, we have a problem");
}

returnSuccess("One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.");