title: Access html elements data and send to controller in PHP
body: <p>I'm a super beginner in php, and I'm using a MVC php framework called Yii. I can't seem to find any articles that explain how to get values of html elements with PHP. Everywhere I look it's all about how to get values from form fields after a POST in some other view. Is there anyway to get field values and send them to a controller in PHP and just come back to the original view.</p>
  
  <p>In .Net MVC I just use jquery to get form fields and do an ajax call. It's not sensitive data so I'm not worried about security. I like ajax because I don't do any page post back, I just send my data over and remain on the same page I was on.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Is there any way to do MVC AJAX kind of thing with PHP? Read html element values and send them to a controller for data manipulation?</strong></p>