specializing in digital media technologies

• introduction
• how Ajax works
• what you'll learn
• how this book works
• required tools
• companion web site
• the next step
• 1. access MySQL
• access MySQL
• make the database
• make the tables
• populate the tables
• extra bits
• 2. browsing employees
• what we'll do
• create an HTML page
• add the HTML form
• start a PHP page
• print the employees
• report on any errors
• connect to the database
• create a style sheet
• use the style sheet
• test the pages
• extra bits
• 3. browsing using Ajax
• what we'll do
• make a function
• check for Ajax support
• call the function
• set up the Ajax
• begin the PHP page
• print the employees
• handle the response
• display the results
• modify the HTML
• test the Ajax layer
• extra bits
• 4. adding records
• what we'll do
• start the HTML page
• add the form
• add the form elements
• start a PHP page
• validate the form data
• update the database
• report any errors
• test the non-Ajax version
• extra bits
• 5. adding records via Ajax
• what we'll do
• add the Ajax elements
• apply the Ajax layer
• set up the Ajax
• prepare the form data
• complete the function
• prepare for HTML
• validate the form data
• update the database
• complete the XML
• handle the response
• prepare the page
• handle the XML
• display the results
• test the Ajax layer
• extra bits
• 6.: creating a search
• what we'll do
• start the HTML page
• add the form
• start a PHP page
• query the database
• print the results
• report any errors
• test the non-Ajax version
• extra bits
• 7. enabling an Ajax search
• what we'll do
• add the Ajax elements
• apply the Ajax layer
• set up the Ajax
• complete the function
• prepare for XML
• query the database
• fetch the results
• complete the PHP
• handle the response
• prepare the page
• handle the XML
• display the results
• handle the name
• handle the department
• handle the email
• display no results
• complete the function
• test the Ajax layer
• extra bits
• appendix
• Ajax issues
• Ajax alternatives
• introducing JSON
• sending JSON
• accessing JSON data
• using JSON data
• web resources
• JavaScript frameworks
• PHP-Ajax frameworks
• debugging JavaScript
• extra bits

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