Chapter 6
Working with AJAX Data
In This Chapter
Understanding the advantages of server-side programming
Getting to know PHP
Writing a form for standard PHP processing
Building virtual forms with AJAX
Submitting interactive AJAX requests
Working with XML data
Responding to JSON data
AJAX and jQuery are incredibly useful, but perhaps the most important use of AJAX is to serve as a conduit between the web page and programs written on the server. In this chapter, you get an overview of how programming works on the web server and how AJAX changes the relationship between client-side and server-side programming. You read about the main forms of data sent from the server, and you see how to interpret this data with jQuery and JavaScript.
Sending Requests AJAX Style
AJAX work in other parts ...
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