Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional

Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world’s most popular scripting language.

Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications. Author Lee Babin covers what you commonly encounter in daily web application development tasks, and shows you how to build PHP/Ajax-enabled solutions for forms validation, file upload monitoring, database-driven information display and manipulation, web services, Google Maps integration, and more.

You’ll also be introduced to other key topics like conquering cross-platform issues, countering potential security holes, and testing and debugging JavaScript with efficiency. All examples are based on real-world scenarios, so you’ll be able to apply what you learn to your own development situations.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Ajax
2. Ajax Basics
3. PHP and Ajax
4. Database-Driven Ajax
5. Forms
6. Images
7. A Real-World Ajax Application
8. Ergonomic Display
9. Web Services
10. Spatially Enabled Web Applications
11. Cross-Browser Issues
12. Security
13. Testing and Debugging
14. The DOM