[jQuery] How to retrieve the selected cells

[jQuery] How to retrieve the selected cells

Hi all,
I am new to jQuery and I would like to process a matrix operation
using PHP.
The front-end code is done bellow, its a 3x3 table. the user could
select/deselect individual cells of the table and click the button
that calls a PHP script that will run some function.
1
How do I know if a cell is selected? Is there is is_selected

function in jQuery?
2
Would it be possible to send a 3x3 array to my PHP script?
Please provide me with any info on this. Thanks!
MT
My current test code.
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<html><head><title>Test</title>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js'></
script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$
document
.ready
function
{
$
"td"
.toggle
function
{ $
this
.addClass
"sel"
; },
function
{ $
this
.removeClass
"sel"
; }

;
}
;
</script>
<style>
.sel { background-color:red; }
</style>
</head><body>
<table border="5" cellspace=10>
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td></tr>
</table>
<button>Click here to process the selection with a php script</button>
</body></html>
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