<?php
require_once('connect.php');
extract($_POST);
$update = $conn->query("UPDATE `authors` set `first_name` = '{$first_name}', `last_name` = '{$last_name}', `email` = '{$email}',`birthdate` = '{$birthdate}' where id = '{$id}'");
if($update){
$resp['status'] = 'success';
}else{
$resp['status'] = 'failed';
$resp['msg'] = 'An error occured while saving the data. Error: '.$conn->error;
}
echo json_encode($resp);