AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications
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Introduction
1: AJAX and the Future Of Web Applications
2: Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript
3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
4: AJAX Form Validation
5: AJAX Chat & JSON
6: AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
7: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
8: AJAX Grid  
9: AJAX RSS Reader
10: AJAX Drag and Drop
Appendix A: Configuring Your Working Environment
Appendix B: Using Smarter Tools to Write Better Code
Appendix C: Advanced XML

Index

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Chapter 3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
If AJAX is mainly about building smarter clients, then the servers these clients talk to must be equally smart, otherwise they won't get along very well for too long.
In chapter 2 you only read static text or XML files from the server. In this chapter, we start putting the server side to work, with PHP to generate dynamic output, and MySQL to manipulate and store the backend data. In this chapter, you will learn how to:
  • Use PHP to perform functionality at the server side

  • Let clients communicate to the server by passing parameters

  • Use XML on the client and the server

  • Use PHP scripts to avoid potential JavaScript security problems

  • Perform repetitive tasks in your client

  • Work with MySQL databases

  • Optimize your application's architecture

 

Chapter 3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
  • PHP and DOM
     
  • Passing Parameters and Handling PHP Errors
     
  • Connecting to Remote Servers and JavaScript Security
     
  • Using a Proxy Server Script
     
  • A Framework for Making Repetitive Asynchronous Requests
     
  • Working with MySQL
    • Creating Database Tables
    • Manipulating Data
    • Connecting to Your Database and Executing Queries
  • Wrapping Things Up and Laying Out the Structure
     
  • Summary

   

 

Paperback 250 pages
Released: February 2005
ISBN: 1847192825
ISBN 13:
978-1-904811-82-4

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