PHP library for Microsoft AJAX
By Justin Silverton
Microsoft has released their AJAX library package for non-windows systems which contains a complete set of client JavaScript components that are included in the full ASP.NET AJAX installation. Developers over at Codeplex have developed a library that allows you to integrate your PHP applications with this package.
requirements
- PHP 5.2 — 5.2 is required for json_encode/json_decode; For earlier versions, you will need to install php-json
How to install
- Download the PHP library from codeplex here
- Download the Microsoft AJAX Library here
- After extracting both of these, place all the files from the Microsoft Ajax library in a directory called “MicrosoftAjaxLibrary”
Example
The following is a simple example that demonstrates a simple ajax transmission using the microsoft libraries.
(hello.htm)
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello, World!</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../MicrosoftAjaxLibrary/MicrosoftAjax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="HelloService.php/js"></script>
</head>
<body>
Name: <input id="name" type="text" /> <input type="button" value="Say Hello" onclick="button_click(); return false;" />
<br />
Response from server: <span id="response"></span>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function button_click() {
HelloService.SayHello($get('name').value, function (result) { $get('response').innerHTML = result; });
}
</script>
</html>
(HelloService.php)
<?php
require_once '../../dist/MSAjaxService.php';
class HelloService extends MSAjaxService
{
function SayHello($name)
{
return "Hello, " . $name . "!";
}
}
$h = new HelloService();
$h->ProcessRequest();
?>
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