JQuery content editable div and text box on submit not sending POST - javascript

I have a website where you can edit and format text, then you can save it on to the server. I am using jquery to send the data to a PHP page where it will be saved. My site won't send the name of the file and the formatted text to PHP.
Here is my html code:
<div id="editor" contenteditable="true">
This is the editable text.
</div>
<input type="text" id="name" placeholder="File Name">
<input type="submit" id="save" value="Save">
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#save").on("click", function(event) {
var formData = {text: $("#editor").html(), name: $("#name").val()};
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
url: 'freewordsave.php',
type:'POST',
data: formData,
success: function(msg)
{
alert('Your file was saved!');
}
});
});
});
</script>
Here is also my PHP code:
$name = $_POST['name'];
$text = $_POST['data'];
$file = fopen("./location/" . $name . ".html", "w") or die("<script> alert('Error'); </script>");
fwrite($file, $text);
fclose($file);
My code won't even bring up the alert in javascript.
Thank you.

I fixed my code after Simone Rossaini posted a comment.
I forget a } closing bracket at the end of formData.
Fixed JQuery Code.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#save").on("click", function(event) {
var formData = {text: $("#editor").html(), name: $("#name").val()};
event.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
url: 'freewordsave.php',
type:'POST',
data: formData,
success: function(msg)
{
alert('Your file was saved!');
}
});
});
});
I know my PHP said $_POST['data'] but that was a mistake I made when I asked my question it wasn't actually like that in my PHP file.
Thank you

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What I did so far:
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I have a div on the same page in which the result of the php script will be echoed.
When I click the button, nothing happens...
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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
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testpassvariable.php
<?php
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If you do not include $(document).ready(), this traversing will not be done, thus no events will be fired.
Corrected Code:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
//AJAX CALL
function fireAjax(){
$.ajax({
url:"testpassvariable.php",
type:"POST",
data:{userID:$("#txtTest").val(),},
success: function (response){
$('#testDiv').html(response);
}
});
}
});
</script>
$(document).ready() can also be written as:
$(function(){
// Your code
});
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Change:
<input type="button" id="btnLoad" name="btnLoad" onclick="fireAjax();"
To:
<input type="button" id="btnLoad" name="btnLoad" onclick="fireAjax();"/>
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url: "testpassvariable.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
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},
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});
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Change
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});
});
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and i think that the error is here:-(you wrote it like this)
data:{userID:$("#txtTest").val(),}
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happy coding :-)

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