AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications

✍ Scribed by Darie, Cristian;Bucica, Mihai;Bogdan, B;Chereche#351

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2006;2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 286
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications is the most practical and efficient resource a reader can get to enter the exciting world of AJAX. This book will teach you how to create faster, lighter, better web applications by using the AJAX ingredients technologies to their full potential. This book is for web developers willing to build better web applications. A basic knowledge of PHP, XML, JavaScript and MySQL, or a strong will to learn-as-you-type, is assumed.

✦ Table of Contents

AJAX and PHP......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
What This Book Covers......Page 14
Conventions......Page 15
Downloading the Example Code for the Book......Page 16
Questions......Page 17
Chapter 1: AJAX and the Future of Web Applications......Page 19
Delivering Functionality via the Web......Page 20
Advantages of Web Applications......Page 21
HTTP and HTML......Page 22
PHP and Other Server-Side Technologies......Page 23
JavaScript and Other Client-Side Technologies......Page 24
What's Been Missing?......Page 25
Understanding AJAX......Page 26
Building a Simple Application with AJAX and PHP......Page 30
Summary......Page 40
Chapter 2: Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript......Page 41
JavaScript and the Document Object Model......Page 42
JavaScript Events and the DOM......Page 45
Even More DOM......Page 49
JavaScript, DOM, and CSS......Page 51
Using the XMLHttpRequest Object......Page 54
Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object......Page 55
Creating Better Objects for Internet Explorer......Page 57
Initiating Server Requests Using XMLHttpRequest......Page 58
Handling Server Response......Page 61
Working with XML Structures......Page 67
Handling More Errors and Throwing Exceptions......Page 71
Creating XML Structures......Page 75
Summary......Page 76
PHP and DOM......Page 77
Passing Parameters and Handling PHP Errors......Page 83
Connecting to Remote Servers and JavaScript Security......Page 91
Using a Proxy Server Script......Page 97
A Framework for Making Repetitive Asynchronous Requests......Page 103
Creating Database Tables......Page 113
Manipulating Data......Page 116
Connecting to Your Database and Executing Queries......Page 117
Wrapping Things Up and Laying Out the Structure......Page 121
Summary......Page 131
Chapter 4: AJAX Form Validation......Page 133
Implementing AJAX Form Validation......Page 134
Thread-Safe AJAX......Page 137
Summary......Page 156
Introducing AJAX Chat......Page 157
Implementing AJAX Chat......Page 159
Summary......Page 176
Introducing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete......Page 177
Google Suggest......Page 178
Implementing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete......Page 179
Summary......Page 200
Chapter 7: AJAX Real-Time Charting with SVG......Page 201
Implementing a Real-Time Chart with AJAX and SVG......Page 202
Summary......Page 214
Chapter 8: AJAX Grid......Page 215
Implementing the AJAX Grid Using Client-Side XSLT......Page 216
Summary......Page 233
Working with RSS......Page 235
Google Reader......Page 236
Implementing the AJAX RSS Reader......Page 237
Summary......Page 248
Shopping Carts......Page 249
Building the AJAX Drag-and-Drop Sortable List Application......Page 250
Summary......Page 265
Appendix A: Preparing Your Working Environment......Page 267
Installing Apache......Page 268
Installing MySQL......Page 270
Installing PHP......Page 271
Installing MySQL......Page 273
Installing PHP......Page 274
Installing phpMyAdmin......Page 275
Preparing the AJAX Database......Page 276
Index......Page 279

✦ Subjects

Computer Science;Programming;Reference