PHP not receiving AJAX POST from js File

I have been trying to work this out for hours now and cannot find any answer that helps me.

This is the code in my javascript file

function sendMovement(cel) {
  var name = "test";
  $.ajax({
      type: 'POST',
      url: '../game.php',
      data: { 'Name': name },
      success: function(response) {
          console.log("sent");
      }
  });
}

This is the code from my PHP file (it is outside the js file)

if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
  $data = $_POST['Name'];
  console_log($data);
}

When debugging I can see that AJAX is sending a POST and it does print in the console "SENT" but it does not print $data

update: the function console_log() exists in my PHP file and it works