Correct spelling in ajax POST - ajax

Question

I have two verions of code I believe should do the same thing, but the first one works and other one doesn't (Post vars: agenti, week_, team_). I have searched for few examples of how to do it the other way and I am sure my example is similar.
What do I do wrong?
First:
$.post("index.html",
{
agenti: getItems(),
week_: week_array,
team_: team
},
function(data,status){
if (status = 'Success'){
alert('Aktuální řazení operátorů bylo úspěšně uloženo.');
} else {
alert('Aktuální řazení operátorů se nepodařilo uložit.\nKontaktujte prosím správce aplikace.');
}
Second:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
url: "index.html",
data: JSON.stringify({agenti: getItems(), week_: week_array, team_: team}),
success: function (msg)
{
alert('Aktuální řazení operátorů bylo úspěšně uloženo.')
},
error: function (msg)
{
alert('Aktuální řazení operátorů se nepodařilo uložit.\nKontaktujte prosím správce aplikace.')
}
});
I want to do the second one because I need to specify content type and i couldn't figure how to do it in the first way.
Thanks you!
edit: I use IE; this code will be used only in IE.

Answer 1

so the first thing is that, no need to use JSON.stringify function, as the data accepts JSON objects, as well the string represented like a url (test1=1&test2=2...). So to use it like the following is ok.
data: {agenti: getItems(), week_: week_array, team_: team},
Also when you are using contentType: 'application/json' the GLOBAL $_POST variable is not being populated as it is being populated only for form-urlencoded data which is default value for contentType option, here you go with data from jQuery reference`
contentType (default: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8')
In order you like to use application/json, you can retrieve that information in PHP side using php input like this following. file_get_contents('php://input');
---Working Example---
Javascript:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
// contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
url: "http://localhost",
data: {agenti: 'test1', week_: 'test2', team_: 'test3'},
success: function(msg) {},
error: function(msg) {}
});
PHP:
// Retrieve the input
var_dump(file_get_contents('php://input'));
// Use $_POST var
echo json_encode($_POST);