How to access return data of jQuery.ajax() sent to php script

Question

I am using the following jquery ajax call:

$(document).ready(function () {
    submitAct();

function submitAct(){
    var alldata = [];
    alldata.push( {
        "pid": 'd2a7d886-6821-3eaa-079f-fbe278c6a16a',
        "title": 'Fun with Gophers',
    });

    $.ajax({
        dataType: "jsonp",
        type: 'POST',
        url: '//[server path]/act',
        data: "data=" + JSON.stringify(alldata),
    });
}
});

On the server, the result of $_POST[data] is showing as:

[{"pid":"d2a7d886-6821-3eaa-079f-fbe278c6a16a","title":"Fun with Gophers"}]

I am having trouble accessing the keys and related values of 'pid' and 'title'. Would someone please provide some insight? I've tried things like below but haven't had any success:

$_POST['title']

$data = json_decode( $_POST['data']);
$data->title

Thanks!

Answer 1

Several suggestions:

First you are enclosing the data object in an array, needlessly. To access it now:

$data = json_decode( $_POST['data']);
$data=$data[0];/* access object in array*/
$data->title;

The default content type for $.ajax is application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 ...exactly the same as sending a regular form. Think of each key in your data object as you would name of a form control.

There is no need to JSON.stringify to send. jQuery will serialize objects and arrays for you

You can simply send it like this:

var alldata = {
    "pid": 'd2a7d886-6821-3eaa-079f-fbe278c6a16a',
    "title": 'Fun with Gophers',
};
$.ajax({
    dataType: "jsonp",
    type: 'POST',
    url: '//[server path]/act',
    data: alldata 
});

Then in php:

$title=$_POST['title'];

Answer 2

Change the data part of the ajax request to the following:

$.ajax({
    dataType: "jsonp",
    type: 'POST',
    url: '//[server path]/act',
    data: {"data": JSON.stringify(alldata)},
});

Now you can access the sent content via $_POST["data"] in the appropriate php file.

Example:

$json = json_decode($_POST["data"]);
var_dump($json[0]->{"title"}); // [0] because of the array

Answer 3

$a = json_decode($_POST['data']);
print_r($a[0]->pid);