if(isset($_REQUEST['name']) && $_REQUEST['name'] == 'stephen') {
  echo '23';
}

<div>
 <a href="age.php">stephen</a>
 <span>age : </span>
 <span id="sex"></span>
</div>

 $('a').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();//
  var url = $(this).attr('href'),
   name = $(this).text(),
   requestData = {'name': name};

  $.get(url, requestData, function(data) {
   $('#sex').html(data);
  });
 });

 $('a').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();//
  var url = $(this).attr('href'),
   name = $(this).text(),
   requestData = {'name': name};

  $.post(url, requestData, function(data) {
   $('#sex').html(data);
  });
 });

 $('a').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  var url = $(this).attr('href'),
   name = $(this).text(),
   requestData = {'name': name};

  $('#sex').load(url, requestData);
 });

<form action="validate.php">
 username:<input id="username" name="username" type="text" />
 password:<input id="password" name="password" type="text" />
 <input value="submit" type="submit" />
</form>

if($_REQUEST['username'] == 'stephenlee' && $_REQUEST['password'] == '123456') {
  echo 'pass';
} else {
  echo 'fail';
}

 $('form').submit(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();//
  var url = $(this).attr('action'), 
   username = $('input[name="username"]').val(),
   password = $('input[name="password"]').val(),
   requestData = {'username': username, 'password': password};

  $.get(url, requestData, function(result) {
   alert(result);
  });
 });