AjaxHandler

The Ajax Handler is a CakePHP Component that processes and handles AJAX requests. It determines what action should be dealt as an AJAX call, applies the appropriate filters, prepares the data for a response and responds with the appropriate headers.

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Oct
17

The JSON Response

Tutorials, CakePHP, Javascript, jQuery // 2 comments
The Controller and HTTP response are now working correctly, so it is time to display the response message to the client. We will achieve this by utilizing jQuery to output our JSON. The plan is to show a success message if the JSON passed or display a list of errors if it has failed. Continue reading...
Oct
7

The Controller

Tutorials, CakePHP, Javascript, jQuery // 3 comments
Now that you have setup the Javascript and view to properly fire off an AJAX call, it's time to process the call within the Controller. We will build and write all the required logic to properly handle an AJAX call and return the response. Continue reading...
Oct
1

The Front-end

CakePHP, jQuery, Tutorials // 6 comments
One of topics I always see pop up in the CakePHP Google Groups is how to correctly do AJAX calls in CakePHP. I will be splitting this up into 3 different entries, the first will be pertaining to the view/Javascript (front-end) and how to fire off the AJAX call, the second will deal with the Controller action and how to process the request, and the final entry will be dealing with the response (in JSON format). Continue reading...