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...
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AJAX calls in CakePHP
Started: Thursday, October 1st 2009, 12:00am
Topic: CakePHP
CakePHP comes bundled with many helpful libraries and classes to help you get the job done, but sometimes its not so apprent how something is done. In this series I will take you through all the steps required to request and respond with AJAX in CakePHP.
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...
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...
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