I have a post form that submits but "$_POST" variable is empty even though my web inspector indicates otherwise

Question

Here is my html:

<form id="quant" method="POST" action="/portfolio" name="trans">

        <div class="modal-body">
        Shares : <input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="quantity">
        <input type="hidden" value="<?= htmlspecialchars($_GET['q']); ?>" name="stock">
        <input type="submit" name="val" value="Confirm Transaction" class="btn btn-primary">

        <div id="slider-range-max"></div>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        </div>
        </form>

Here is an image of my web inspector showing that in fact that data was requested:

I have been trying to figure out why this has not been working for a long time, any suggestions would be appreciated.

The Code:

if(isset($_POST["quantity"])) {
    var_dump($_POST);

which returns nothing

Answer 1

Then you need a slash after it to let it know it is a folder and not a file: action="/portfolio/"

Answer 2

If you're using something like AngularJS to submit your form, it doesn't send POST data the typical way. Check out this post.