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I’ve just posted a quick intro FAQ to AJAX at killersites.com and I thought that some PHP’ers might find it useful as well.

Stefan Mischook

So what is this Ajax thing I keep hearing about?

Ajax is actually an acronym which stands for Asynchronous Javascript and Xml. The term Ajax is used to indicate the main technologies used to build Ajax-enabled web sites. From a user’s point of view an Ajax user interface looks and feels less like a web page and more like an actual application.

The most obvious feature of this is usually that a user can do things that cause what they see in their web browser to change, without the whole page having to be reloaded (for example add an item to a shopping cart).

.. read the whole AJAX FAQ.

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