Overview

Our hands-on, practical course on PHP AJAX introduces web developers to the techniques involved in using AJAX to add sophisticated interactivity and enhance the user experience of their PHP web applications.

Course Outline

AJAX and the Future of Web Applications

Delivering Functionality via the Web, Advantages of Web Applications, Building Websites Since 1990, HTTP and HTML, PHP and Other Server-Side Technologies, JavaScript and Other Client-Side Technologies, What's Been Missing, Understanding AJAX, Building a Simple Application with AJAX and PHP

Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript

JavaScript and the Document Object Model, Playing with JavaScript and the DOM, JavaScript Events and the DOM, Using JavaScript Events and the DOM, JavaScript, DOM, and CSS, Working with CSS and JavaScript, Using the XMLHttpRequest Object, Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object, Creating Better Objects for Internet Explorer, Initiating Server Requests Using XMLHttpRequest, Handling Server Response, Making Asynchronous Calls with XMLHttpRequest, Working with XML Structures, Making Asynchronous Calls with XMLHttpRequest and XML, Handling More Errors and Throwing Exceptions, Creating XML Structures

Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL

PHP and DOM, Doing AJAX with PHP 66, Passing Parameters and Handling PHP Errors, Passing PHP Parameters and Error Handling, Connecting to Remote Servers and JavaScript Security, Connecting to Remote Servers, Using a Proxy Server Script, Using a Proxy Server Script to Access Remote Servers, A Framework for Making Repetitive Asynchronous Requests, Implementing Repetitive Tasks, Working with MySQL, Creating Database Tables, Manipulating Data, Connecting to Your Database and Executing Queries, Working with PHP and MySQL, Wrapping Things Up and Laying Out the Structure, Building the Friendly Application

AJAX Form Validation

Implementing AJAX Form Validation, Thread-Safe AJAX, AJAX Form Validation

AJAX Chat

Introducing AJAX Chat, Implementing AJAX Chat

AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete

Introducing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete, Google Suggest, Implementing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete, AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete

AJAX Drag and Drop

Using Drag and Drop on the Web, Shopping Carts , Sortable Lists