I'm trying to use JQuery to pass a data structure that looks similar to the one below to a php script:

```
{
  "shopping":
    [
      {
         "type": "online",
         "mood": 9 
      },
      {
         "type": "mood",
         "mood": 4
      }
    ],
   "researching":
     [
      {
         "type": "online",
         "mood": 3 
      },
      {
         "type": "library",
         "mood": 1
      }
     ]
}

```

This data in the JSON changes based on forms and sliders a user manipulates, and then the JSON is sent asynchrounously with a submit button. I am having trouble figuring out how to use JQuery to submit this request, and how to have PHP parse it. I would like to send this data using the POST method. Right now, I'm using:

```
$.post('server/dataInput.php',submissions, function(data){
    console.log(data);
});     

```

Where submissions is the JSON object, however this doesn't seem to be working. I also dont' know how I would then parse this JSON on PHP's end.