AngularJs $http.post() does not send data

Question

Could anyone tell me why the following statement does not send the post data to the designated url? The url is called but on the server when I print $_POST - I get an empty

Answer 1

I don't have the reputation to comment, but in response/addition to Don F's answer:

$params = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'));

A second parameter of true needs to be added to the json_decode function in order to properly return an associative array:

$params = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);