AJAX + jQuery variables do not pass to PHP

Question

I am trying to do something very simple: Pass 2 text variables to a php script and insert them into a MySQL db. For some reason however I can\'t get the variables to pass (s

Answer 1

This has to work:

and the PHP (only changed get to post)

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Also to debug, I would suggest using firebug or chrome's build in inspect tools.