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Content Inside: AJAX and PHP Christian Wenz, AJAX · · · · · · A Dutch soccer team A cleaner Two characters from Iliad A city in Canada A mountain in Colorado ,,Asynchronous JavaScript + XML" 1 1  What is AJAX? · ,,Asynchronous JavaScript + XML" · Ajax isnt a technology. Its really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways. · XHTML/CSS · D OM · XML/XSLT · JavaScript · http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/ essays/archives/000385.php 2 What really is AJAX? · A concept, no technology · JavaScript can do things in the background! · Contact a server · Retrieve data · Integrate them in the page (thanks to "DHTML") · Main advantage: no page refresh! 3 2  How come? · Circa 1998: Microsoft integrates the ActiveX object XMLHttpRequest in Internet Explorer 5.0 · Request from the team responsible for Outlook Web Access · After a couple of years, Mozilla project ported object (without ActiveX, but almost identical API) · Integrated in Safari ·

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