In advance, I appreciate any help and advice anyone has to offer.

I'm currently creating a form that takes basic information e.g. name & email in Dreamweaver using jQuery mobile.

The question is, what is the best approach to process the information once a user hits the submit button. I've been told to use Ajax - but can't get to grips with it. Would a normal php file work in this scenario? 

Sorry if I sound naive, but this is all new to me.

Thank you!