AJAX and PHP: Building Modern Web Applications 2nd Edition

AJAX enables interactive interfaces that can replace traditional user interfaces. Enhance the user experience of your PHP website using AJAX with this practical and friendly tutorial! This book is the most efficient resource you can get to enter the exciting world of AJAX with PHP. Based on numerous examples and detailed case studies, this AJAX with PHP tutorial will build your foundation knowledge for creating faster, better web applications.

This book will teach you how to use PHP, JavaScript, MySQL and jQuery to build modern, responsive web applications. After building a strong foundation, the book will walk you through numerous real-world case studies covering techniques you’ll be likely to need for your own applications:

• Learn how to write unobtrusive, degradable, portable, SEO-friendly AJAX code
• Understand the object-oriented model of JavaScript and JSON
• Learn how to use the jQuery JavaScript library by going through two complete case studies
• Debug your AJAX and PHP code using modern tools
• Assess the security implications of writing AJAX code and avoid security risks such as cross-site scripting
• Learn advanced AJAX and PHP patterns and techniques such as predictive fetching, progress indicator, graceful degradation, cross-domain calls, and more
• Understand the complete client-server mechanism by going through complete, step-by-step case studies, including AJAX Form Validation, and AJAX Online Chat and AJAX Editable DataGrid with jQuery