serializing and submitting a form with jQuery POST and php -

i'm trying send form's data using jquery. however, data not reach server. can please tell me i'm doing wrong?

 // form     <form id="contactform" name="contactform" method="post">    <input type="text" name="nume" size="40" placeholder="nume">     <input type="text" name="telefon" size="40" placeholder="telefon">     <input type="text" name="email" size="40" placeholder="email">     <textarea name="comentarii" cols="36" rows="5" placeholder="message">        </textarea>     <input id="submitbtn" type="submit" name="submit" value="trimite">    </form>   

javascript:

    javascript code in same page form:     <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(e) {      $("#contactform").submit(function() {         $.post("getcontact.php", $("#contactform").serialize()) //serialize looks name=textinnameinput&&telefon=textinphoneinput---etc         .done(function(data) {             if (data.trim().length >0)             {                 $("#sent").text("error");                }             else {             $("#sent").text("success");             }         });         return false;     }) });  </script> 

and server-side:

   /getcontact.php        $nume=$_request["nume"]; // $nume contains no data. tried $_post      $email=$_request["email"];      $telefon=$_request["telefon"];      $comentarii=$_request["comentarii"]; 

can please tell me doing wrong?

edit: checked var_dump($_post) , returned empty array.

the weird thing same code tested on local machine works fine. if upload files on hosting space stops working.
tried doing old-fashioned form without using jquery , data correct.

i don't see how server configuration problem. ideas?

thank you!

you can use function

var datastring = $("#contactform").serialize(); $.ajax({     type: "post",     url: "your url.php",     data: datastring,     datatype: "json",     success: function(data) {         //var obj = jquery.parsejson(data); if datatype not specified json uncomment         // ever want server response     },     error: function() {         alert('error handing here');     } }); 

return type json

edit: use event.preventdefault prevent browser getting submitted in such scenarios.