Comparing php value with javascript variable?

I am working on php and javascript project. I just want to compare echo return value of php with javascript variable.

php backend code which returns ‘no’ using echo

 if($connection){
    $sql ="SELECT secondname FROM account WHERE email = '$email' && password = '$password'";
    $searchquery = mysqli_query($connection, $sql);
    if(!(mysqli_num_rows($searchquery) == 0)) {
        $row = mysqli_fetch_array($searchquery);
        $secondname = $row['secondname'];
        echo $secondname ;
    } else {
       echo 'no';

    }

Now comparing with javascript variable

$.post("signnin.php",{
               email: email,
               password: password,
           },
        function(data, status){
        if(data == 'no'){
          console.log('same');

        }else{
          console.log('not same');

        }
        });

it give same result if value are same or not. i also JSON.stringify but it still not working

Answer

The output from the URL probably includes white space.

JSON is a good way to normalize that, but you need to apply it at the PHP end, not the JavaScript end.

    $secondname = $row['secondname'];
    header("Content-Type: application/json");
    echo json_encode([ "secondname" => $secondname ]);
 } else {
    header("Content-Type: application/json");
    echo json_encode([ "failure" => "Login failed" ]);
 }

and then:

    $.post(
        "signnin.php",
        { email, password },
        function(data, status){
            if(data.failure){
                console.log('same');
            } else {
                console.log('not same');
            }
        }
    );