Question about .post function.

Question about .post function.

I've been tinkering with this for a while and can't seem to get it to work. I'm using this function:

  1. $.post("test.php", { name: "test", time: "2pm" } );
For my PHP file, do I simply use the $_POST variables to retrieve and use that information? I'm not understanding how to access the passed variables at all.