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Beginning Ajax with PHP

From Novice to Professional

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Lee Babin
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  • Takes two of the most popular technologies today – PHP and Ajax – and offers a practical and hands-on approach to development and integration

  • Interest in Ajax continues to grow at a rapid rate, and the market is hungry for new titles that provide a deeper understanding of the technology

  • The author is highly experienced with PHP/Ajax-driven applications, and has worked with them since the emergence of the new development strategy earlier in 2005

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introducing Ajax

    Pages 1-9

  3. Ajax Basics

    Pages 11-24

  4. PHP and Ajax

    Pages 25-48

  5. Database-Driven Ajax

    Pages 49-65

  6. Forms

    Pages 67-86

  7. Images

    Pages 87-99

  8. A Real-World Ajax Application

    Pages 101-122

  9. Ergonomic Display

    Pages 123-134

  10. Web Services

    Pages 135-147

  11. Spatially Enabled Web Applications

    Pages 149-174

  12. Cross-Browser Issues

    Pages 175-185

  13. Security

    Pages 187-204

  14. Testing and Debugging

    Pages 205-216

  15. The DOM

    Pages 217-233

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 235-253
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About this book

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.

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From the reviews:

"Within the hype of the Web 2.0 movement, Ajax is seen as a star technology. … The book is well organized, and the author’s writing is fairly easy to follow. … For Ajax to work, the Web application user must be using a device capable of processing JavaScript, and JavaScript processing must be enabled. … This book can help someone who wants to get a basic understanding of Ajax and PHP." (Will Wallace, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (5), May, 2008)

About the author

Lee Babin is a programmer based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he serves as the chief programmer for an innovative development firm duly named The Code Shoppe. He has been developing complex web driven applications since his graduation from DeVry University in early 2002 and has since worked on over 50 custom websites and online applications. Lee is married to a beautiful woman by the name of Dianne, who supports him in his rather full yet rewarding work schedule. He enjoys video games, working out, martial arts, and traveling, and can usually be found working online on one of his many fun web projects at any given time. While Lee has experience in a multitude of web programming languages, his preference has always been PHP. With the release of PHP 5, many of his wishes have been fulfilled.

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