PHP jQuery Cookbook

If you want to use PHP and jQuery together to create web applications, this book is for you. You need JavaScript basics but do not need prior knowledge of PHP. With over 60 recipes and step-by-step instructions for each task that take you rapidly from basic developer to pro, this cookbook presents numerous practical examples that you can use directly in your applications giving solutions to essential issues while developing web applications. It covers a wide array of technical aspects of creating interactive websites, from basics of PHP and jQuery to advanced topics like creating plugins, validating controls, and useful utilities that you will be able to use as stand-alone tools. It covers AJAX, the key technique of browser-server communication, in detail and you will learn to use JSON as well as XML for data interchange. It also covers database interaction, important for any dynamic web application, and debugging JavaScript using tools that will save hours of tedious manual debugging.