Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with server-based technology. Of all the server-based technology capable of working with Ajax, perhaps none is more suitable than PHP, the most popular scripting language in the world. 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 the tasks of web application development everyday, 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. You will learn how Take advantage of PHP and advanced JavaScript capabilities to create the next generation, highly responsive Web applications.