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<form id="formoid" action="studentFormInsert.php" title="" method="post">
<div><label class="title">First Name</label><input type="text" id="name" name="name" ></div>
<div><label class="title">Name</label><input type="text" id="name2" name="name2" ></div>
<div><input type="submit" id="submitButton"  name="submitButton" value="Submit"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#formoid').ajaxForm(function() {
            alert("Thank you for your comment!");
        });
    });
</script>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="formoid" action="studentFormInsert.php" title="" method="post">
        <div>
            <label class="title">First Name</label>
            <input type="text" id="name" name="name" >
        </div>
        <div>
            <label class="title">Name</label>
            <input type="text" id="name2" name="name2" >
        </div>
        <div>
            <input type="submit" id="submitButton"  name="submitButton" value="Submit">
        </div>
 </form>
<script type='text/javascript'>
    /* attach a submit handler to the form */
    $("#formoid").submit(function(event) {

      /* stop form from submitting normally */
      event.preventDefault();

      /* get some values from elements on the page: */
      var $form = $( this ),
          url = $form.attr( 'action' );

      /* Send the data using post */
      var posting = $.post( url, { name: $('#name').val(), name2: $('#name2').val() } );

      /* Alerts the results */
      posting.done(function( data ) {
        alert('success');
      });
    });
</script>

</body>
</html>

$.post("test.php", $("#testform").serialize());

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <form action="/" id="searchForm">
            <input type="text" name="s" placeholder="Search..." />
            <input type="submit" value="Search" />
        </form>
        <!-- the result of the search will be rendered inside this div -->
        <div id="result"></div>
        <script>
            /* attach a submit handler to the form */
            $("#searchForm").submit(function(event) {

                /* stop form from submitting normally */
                event.preventDefault();

                /* get some values from elements on the page: */
                var $form = $(this),
                    term = $form.find('input[name="s"]').val(),
                    url = $form.attr('action');

                /* Send the data using post */
                var posting = $.post(url, {
                    s: term
                });

                /* Put the results in a div */
                posting.done(function(data) {
                    var content = $(data).find('#content');
                    $("#result").empty().append(content);
                });
            });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

var postData = "text";
      $.ajax({
            type: "post",
            url: "url",
            data: postData,
            contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            success: function(responseData, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                alert("data saved")
            },
            error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                console.log(errorThrown);
            }
        })