$_post sends the data which 'arrives' at your PHP page as $_POST array
elements. That's the nature of an HTTP post action. By indicating a
'json' datatype, the data your script returns will be expected to be
in JSON form.
On Apr 12, 7:32 am, mcologne <blueameri...@web.de> wrote:
> hi...
>
> i have a normal email form, where the user can send an email with some
> data...
>
> at first i send it with normal post (no dataType in jquery)... but it
> was difficult to handle the returning messages from php, e.g.
> validation messages or ok messages...
>
> therefor i tried dataType json... like the code below... now i con
> better handle the returning messages, but i wonder why i still get
> single post data in php ($_POST['name'], $_POST['email)'] etc and NO
> nested json!... is there something wrong with my data format?
>
> in firebug i also see only single post data... no json format when
> posting
>
> best regards
> m, cologne
>
> ##############################
> $.ajax({
> type: "POST",
> url: "/mail/process.php5",
> data: {"name":name, "email":email, "message":message, "n":textmail,
> "i":pic},
> dataType: "json",
> success: function(res) {
> if(res.result == 1) {
> $('#dialog').html("<p>WE SEND THE EMAIL" +
> res.message + "</p>");
> }
> else if(res.result == 0) {
> $('#dialog').html("<p>ERROR" + res.message + "</p>");
> }
