PHP Mail & Ajax: Message does not contain any form data - php

Question

I'm using jQuery's AJAX function to send a message from a contact form -
$('form button').click(function () {
$("input").removeClass("error");
$("textarea").removeClass("error");
var name = $("#name").val();
if (name == "" || name == "Name" || name == "Namn") {
$("#name").addClass("error");
$("#name").focus();
return false;
}
var email = $("#email").val();
if (email == "" || email == "Email" || email == "Epost") {
$("#email").addClass('error');
$("#email").focus();
return false;
}
var message = $("#message").val();
if (message == "") {
$("#message").addClass('error');
$("#message").focus();
return false;
}
// Non-verifying fields
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
// Gather data
var post = 'name=' + name + '&email=' + email + '&phone=' + phone + '&message=' + message;
// Disable form
var limit = document.forms[0].elements.length;
for (i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
document.forms[0].elements[i].disabled = true;
}
// Send data
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "form_handler.php",
data: post,
success: function () {
$('div.contact form').animate({
opacity: 0.25
}, function () {
$('div.contact div.confirm').fadeIn(200);
});
},
error: function () {
$('div.contact form').animate({
opacity: 0.25
}, function () {
$('div.contact div.deny').fadeIn(200);
});
}
});
return false;
});
I know this is not the safest method considering I reveal the Mail file in my JS code but nevertheless I want this to work before I decide to try anything else. In my contact form I have the above fields (name, email, phone and message) and in "form_handler.php" the settings look like this -
<?php
header('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = "staffan.estberg#gmail.com";
$subject = "Meddelande från x.se";
$body = "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n";
$body .= "Meddelande från $name:\n\n";
$body .= "$message\n\n";
$body .= "Avsändarens epost: $email\n";
$body .= "Avsändarens telefonnummer: $phone\n\n";
$body .= "------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
$headers = "From: $email";
mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
?>
When I combine the scripts I manage to generate a message though it doesn't contain any form data. Have I missed out on something?

Answer 1

I think you'll actually want to pass a JSON array as the data parameter instead of the GET-style string.
Something like:
post = { 'name' : name, ... }