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I am trying to access my data being sent through ajax and I am returning my echo statements, but not what I am passing, what am I doing wrong?
$.ajax({
url: 'http://www.example.php',
data : { 'foo' : 'bar', 'bar2' : 'foo2' },
processData: false,
contentType: false,
type: 'POST',
success: function(data){
console.log('success data '+data);
}
});
$data = $_POST['foo'];
$data2 = $_POST['bar2'];
echo('almost');
echo($data);
echo($data2);
echo('almost');
console reads success data almostalmost

Answer 1

Your ajax request is incorrect, you're telling jQuery.ajax not to process your data and send it as is, which wont work
$.ajax({
url: 'http://www.example.php',
data : { 'foo' : 'bar', 'bar2' : 'foo2' },
type: 'POST',
success: function(data){
console.log('success data '+data);
}
});
Your sever side script is expecting application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type this is what jQuery.ajax does by default, but not if you tell it not to process the data or set a content type.