Ajax and PHP Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: AJAX and the Future of Web Applications
Chapter 2: Client-Side Techniques with Smarter JavaScript
Chapter 3: Server-Side Techniques with PHP and MySQL
Chapter 4: AJAX Form Validation
Chapter 5: AJAX Chat
Chapter 6: AJAX Suggest and Autocomplete
Chapter 7: AJAX Real-Time Charting with SVG
Chapter 8: AJAX Grid
Chapter 9: AJAX RSS Reader
Chapter 10: AJAX Drag and Drop
Appendix A: Preparing Your Working Environment
Index

• 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