Help with SPI Communication on PIC16F877A.

[dynomega16]

Hey everyone,
I'm new to using SPI with PIC microcontrollers, and I'm having some trouble getting it to work correctly on a PIC16F877A. I've been following tutorials and looking at example code, but I'm still not getting the expected results.
Specifically, I'm trying to communicate with a sensor that uses SPI. I've configured the PIC's MSSP module as a master, and I think I have the clock polarity and phase set up correctly. However, when I send data to the sensor, I'm not getting any response.
I've checked my wiring multiple times, and I'm pretty sure everything is connected correctly. I've also tried different SPI clock speeds, but that doesn't seem to make a difference.
Has anyone else had a similar issue with SPI on the PIC16F877A? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm really stuck and don't know where to go from here.
Here's a snippet of my code:
```c
// SPI initialization
void SPI_Init() {
SSPCON = 0b00100000; // SPI Master mode, Fosc/4
SSPSTAT = 0b01000000; // Sample at end of output data
TRISC5 = 0; // SCK as output
TRISC4 = 1; // SDI as input
TRISC3 = 0; // SDO as output
}
// SPI transmit function
void SPI_Transmit(unsigned char data) {
SSPBUF = data;
while (!SSPSTATbits.BF); // Wait until transmission complete
}
```
I'm using MPLAB X IDE and XC8 compiler. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!