Beginning Ajax with PHP
Lee Babin
Apress
<p>Ajax  breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world's most popular scripting language.</p>    <p> Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional  is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications. Author Lee Babin covers what you commonly encounter in daily web application development tasks, and shows you how to build PHP/AJAX-enabled solutions for forms validation, file upload monitoring, database-driven information display and manipulation, web services, Google Maps integration, and more. Youll learn how to</p>    <ul>  <li>Take advantage of PHP and advanced JavaScript capabilities to create next-generation, highly responsive Web applications.</li>  <li>Enhance commonplace application tasks such as forms validation and tabular data display. </li>  <li>Manage cross-browser issues, ensuring your applications run on all major Web browsers.</li>  <li>Take advantage of the Google Maps API and add spatial mapping features to your website.</li>  </ul>    <p>Youll also be introduced to other key topics like conquering cross-platform issues, countering potential security holes, and testing and debugging JavaScript with efficiency. All examples are based on real-world scenarios, so youll be able to apply what you learn to your own development situations.