You could achieve it in this manner,
First we select all the data from the table cell's and then we send it to the server side via jquery ajax
JQuery Code:
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.8.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
var dataArr = [];
$("td").each(function(){
dataArr.push($(this).html());
});
$('#sendServer').click(function(){
$.ajax({
type : "POST",
url : 'server.php',
data : "content="+dataArr,
success: function(data) {
alert(data);// alert the data from the server
},
error : function() {
}
});
});
});
</script>
Html code:
<table id="table" border=1>
<thead> <tr>
<th>First</th>
<th>Last</th>
<th>Date of birth</th>
<th>City</th>
</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>TEXT1</td>
<td>TEXT2</td>
<td>TEXT3</td>
<td>TEXT4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TEXT5</td>
<td>TEXT6</td>
<td>TEXT7</td>
<td>TEXT8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TEXT9</td>
<td>TEXT10</td>
<td>TEXT11</td>
<td>TEXT12</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<input id="sendServer" name="sendServer" type="button" value="Send to Server" />
in your server side PHP Code (here i am sending back what has been posted to server, just for the example)
<?php
echo $_REQUEST['content'];
?>