Ajax Posted data not being read by $_POST in php - php

Question

I am trying to post the value of fields in a table through Ajax to process.php that will process the data.
the table:
<form name="items">
<table width="90%" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="26%">Item Name</td>
<td width="22%">If other then give name</td>
<td width="22%">Quantity</td>
<td width="16%">$/Unit</td>
<td width="14%">Total</td>
</tr>
<?php for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
?>
<tr>
<td>
<select name='itemname<?php echo $i;?>' id='itemname<?php echo $i;?>'>
<option value="other">other</option>
<?php
$qry_item_name = "SELECT DISTINCT item_name FROM bus_name_details";
$result_item_name = mysql_query($qry_item_name);
while($row_item_name = mysql_fetch_array($result_item_name)) {
$option .="<option>" . $row_item_name['item_name'] . "</option>";
echo $option;
}
?>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="other<?php echo $i;?>" id="other<?php echo $i;?>"></td>
<td>
<input type="text" name="quan<?php echo $i;?>" id="quan<?php echo $i;?>" value="0"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="unit<?php echo $i;?>" id="unit<?php echo $i;?>" onkeyup="calculateTotal('<?php echo $i;?>')"></td>
<td><span name="total<?php echo $i;?>" id="total<?php echo $i;?>"></span></td>
</tr>
<?php }?>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>
<span id="subm3" class="subm3" >Submit </span>
The Ajax:
<script>
$(document).on('click', '.subm3', function() {
var datas = {};
for ($i = 1; $i < 2; $i++) {
// drop down list of items
datas["item_name"+$i]= $('#itemname'+$i+' option:selected').attr('value')
// other name
datas["other"+$i]= $('input[name=other'+$i+']').val()
// quantity
datas["quan"+$i]= $('input[name=quan'+$i+']').val()
// price per unit
datas["unit"+$i]= $('input[name=unit'+$i+']').val()
}
$i = $i_limit-1;
$.ajax({
url: 'parts/process.php?order=3&items='+$i,
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/json',
data: JSON.stringify(datas)
});
});
</script>
then the process :
<?php
if ($order==3){
$loop = $_GET[items];
$other1= $_POST["other1"];
echo "other1 = ".$other1;
}
?>
On chrome inspector i get that the data was sent like this as source :
{"item_name1":"other","other1":"Water Valve","quan1":"2","unit1":"2"}
and like this as parsed :
item_name1: "other"
other1: "Water Valve"
quan1: "2"
unit1: "2"
but the response from process.php (the one that got the values) seems to only have read the get values but not the post values :
other1 =
i am pretty much new to ajax and hope someone could help point me to where i am going wrong here. This might not even be the easiest or best way of doing what i am trying to do, but it kind of makes sense to my brain at the moment so i am taking this route. Any help is appreciated

Answer 1

can you try data:datas insted of data: JSON.stringify(datas) in ajax request
ref: how to send multiple data with $.ajax() jquery