I like to start a new

gainza34 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:17:00 +0000

I like to start a new website in which I will use Java programming but few of my friends told me to use Ajax. I am not much satisfied with Ajax. So, what should I use now. Any help please.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the articles -

pr0gr4mm3r — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:49:01 +0000

Thanks for the articles - very helpful. I have gotten a page up and running with less pain then I remember with I last dealt with JavaScript .

I'm not sure how to handle the returned data. Should I go all out and return it in XML format and parse it on the client side? The only easier way I can think of would be to use a separator and use some equivalent to PHP's explode() function.

If I have a little bit of

mscreashuns — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:34:29 +0000

If I have a little bit of time later I'll work on a quick script. It's really quite simple once you get the JavaScript part down. Here are two great tutorials that I read through that explain what's going on and what's needed to run a simple AJAX script:

http://www.openjs.com/articles/ajax_xmlhttp_using_post.php

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/jon_campbell20070730.php3

Basically, whichever two fields you want to be analyzed will be sent as the parameters just as if it was a GET method form (e.g. formAction.php?field1=value1&field2=value2) so I suggest getting the fields' values by their ID using JavaScript. Then the URL should point to a PHP script that will handle the parameters just like any regular form and should return, echo, or print something which will be handled as the http.responseText which will be used to fill in the rest of the fields. I would suggest returning an array with the data but I'm not sure exactly how it would work.

Best of luck, and as I said, I'll work on something more official later on if I have some time.

I, too, have limited

decibel.places — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:45:41 +0000

I, too, have limited experience with AJAX

IMO it is overused, when some basic client-side JS will do without the additional server requests

Your sitch seems well suited for AJAX

Have a look at HotScripts

--and happy modding!