Working with a Javascript object in PHP sent over ajax

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The following code sends (I hope so) a Javascript object to a php file through Jquery's ajax call.

var emails = {};
emails.name = email;
.
.
$('button.gmail').click(function() {                
$.ajax({ url: path,
         data: emails,
     type: 'post',
     success: function(status) { 
        alert(status); 
          }
   });
});

how can I examine this object in PHP and retrieve its keys/values?

This will encode the object into a application/x-www-form-urlencoded string, which will be available via $_POST in PHP. — Chad
– Chad, Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 17:42
Just do print_r($_POST) in your PHP file, and the alert will show whatever you received in the PHP file, which should be exactly the same as whatever you sent ? — adeneo
– adeneo, Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 17:42

Chad · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-13 17:46:17Z

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This will encode the object into a application/x-www-form-urlencoded string, which will be available via $_POST in PHP.

So if your data object is something like:

var data = {
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: 10
};

Then in PHP you will have:

$_POST['foo'] //is "bar"
$_POST['baz'] //is 10

answered Sep 13, 2013 at 17:46

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hamhamed · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-13 17:42:45Z

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<?php
  $foo = $_POST['foo']; //this will assign whatever 'foo' was assigned in the javascript POST request

answered Sep 13, 2013 at 17:42

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