"Ajax with PHP 5" is a detailed overviewof how to use PHP technologies to createinteractive, fault-tolerant, and responsiveweb applications.This Short Cut first concentrates on thefundamentals of Ajax. Then it coversserving (or providing) content formattedin both XML and JSON.Finally, we completely immerse ourselvesin the Ajax world and write twoPHP applications that use each markuplanguage on both the client and server.We encourage you to use the classes andexamples given to produce your own richWeb 2.0-style applications.