Ajax and PHP Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: 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
• Time for Action—Quickstart AJAX

• Summary

• Chapter 2: Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript
• JavaScript and the Document Object Model
• Time for Action—Playing with JavaScript and the DOM

• JavaScript Events and the DOM
• Time for Action—Using JavaScript Events and the DOM

• Even More DOM
• Time for Action—Even More DOM

• JavaScript, DOM, and CSS
• Time for Action—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
• Time for Action—Making Asynchronous Calls with XMLHttpRequest

• Working with XML Structures
• Time for Action—Making Asynchronous Calls with XMLHttpRequest and XML

• Handling More Errors and Throwing Exceptions
• Creating XML Structures

• Summary

• Chapter 3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
• PHP and DOM
• Time for Action—Doing AJAX with PHP

• Passing Parameters and Handling PHP Errors
• Time for Action—Passing PHP Parameters and Error Handling

• Connecting to Remote Servers and JavaScript Security
• Time for Action—Connecting to Remote Servers

• Using a Proxy Server Script
• Time for Action—Using a Proxy Server Script to Access Remote Servers

• A Framework for Making Repetitive Asynchronous Requests
• Time for Action—Implementing Repetitive Tasks

• Working with MySQL
• Creating Database Tables
• Manipulating Data
• Connecting to Your Database and Executing Queries
• Time for Action—Working with PHP and MySQL

• Wrapping Things Up and Laying Out the Structure
• Time for Action—Building the Friendly Application

• Summary

• Chapter 4: AJAX Form Validation
• Implementing AJAX Form Validation
• Thread-Safe AJAX
• Time for Action—AJAX Form Validation

• Summary

• Chapter 5: AJAX Chat
• Introducing AJAX Chat
• Implementing AJAX Chat
• Time for Action—Ajax Chat

• Summary

• Chapter 6: AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
• Introducing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
• Google Suggest
• Implementing AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
• Time for Action—AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete

• Summary

• Chapter 7: AJAX Real-Time Charting with SVG
• Implementing a Real-Time Chart with AJAX and SVG
• Time for Action—Building the Real-Time SVG Chart

• Summary

• Chapter 8: AJAX Grid
• Implementing the AJAX Grid Using Client-Side XSLT
• Time for Action—AJAX Grid

• Summary

• Chapter 9: AJAX RSS Reader
• Working with RSS
• The RSS Document Structure
• Google Reader
• Implementing the AJAX RSS Reader
• Time for Action—Building the RSS Reader Application

• Summary

• Chapter 10: AJAX Drag and Drop
• Using Drag and Drop on the Web
• Shopping Carts
• Sortable Lists
• Building the AJAX Drag-and-Drop Sortable List Application
• Time for Action—Task Management Application with AJAX

• Summary

• Appendix A: Preparing Your Working Environment
• Preparing Your Windows Playground
• Installing Apache
• Installing MySQL
• Installing PHP
• Preparing Your *nix Playground
• Installing Apache
• Installing MySQL
• Installing PHP
• Installing phpMyAdmin
• Preparing the AJAX Database

• Index