Ho risolto facendo cosi
Codice PHP:
$user_sql = "SELECT * FROM paziente_docware WHERE username='". $_POST['username']."'";
$user_query = @mysql_query($user_sql);
$user_result = @mysql_fetch_array($user_query);
if(@mysql_num_rows($user_query) > 0)
{
echo "<script>";
echo "alert('Nickname presente nel database');";
echo "</script>";
} else {