Json to PHP. Am I doing it right

Question

This is my jQuery code

function ajaxCall(dataStream) {
    $.ajax({
        type: 'post',
        url: 'be/email.php',
        data: JSON.stringify(dataStream),
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        traditional: true,
        success: function (data) {
    }
});

The dataStream is { email: "da@gt.lo", skype: "dasd"}.

Is this correct way of sending a json to PHP. I can see the json being sent in dev tools. But i cannot get them from my php.

Yes, that's correct. Your problem is almost certainly on the PHP side. — Quentin, Oct 06 '13 at 09:42
possible duplicate of [Issue reading HTTP request body from a JSON POST in PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7047870/issue-reading-http-request-body-from-a-json-post-in-php) — Quentin, Oct 06 '13 at 09:42
@Lizbeth please, write console.debug(type of dataStream); console.debug(dataStream); before $.ajax(...., cause dataStream looks like a json string, but I dont kow if you are pasting an object or dictionary, probably is a bad formed json — Carlos, Oct 06 '13 at 09:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 06 '13 at 09:30

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Change it as below:

data: {ds: JSON.stringify(dataStream) },

Then on PHP, you can get it by $_POST['ds']

Basically, data should be sent as key: value pairs

answered Oct 06 '13 at 09:30

Rajesh

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No, that's if you are sending JSON encoded data embedded in URL encoded data. – Quentin Oct 06 '13 at 09:41
post an example so we all can see – Rajesh Oct 06 '13 at 09:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '13 at 09:33

By using JSON.stringify, you are actually converting your Javascript object to a String. Thus, it will send a string to your PHP script, and you will need to json_decode() it to retrieve values.

You should rather use:

data: dataStream

to send an array of values, and retrieve them with $_POST['email'] and $_POST['skype'] in your PHP script.

Json to PHP. Am I doing it right

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