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dataType: json is the return data type of the ajax call

data are the parameters that your php file/servlet will be expecting. to pass a json see example below, its a mixed of json and normal parameters

var params = {a:1,

b:2,

myJSON: JSON.stringify({data1:1, data2:2, data3:3})}

jQuery.ajax({

type: "POST",

url: "some/url/of/php/file",

data: params,

dataType: "json",

success: function(response){

// this should catch what ever is returned by your php file

alert(response)

},

error: function(msg) {

alert('error');

}

});

In your php file you can access the data being passed is like this $_POST['a'], $_POST['b'], $_POST['myJSON']

dataType is the return type of your php file not the parameters being sent to the php file.