KoolAjax - Great PHP Ajax Framework
KoolAjax facilitates data exchange between server-side and client-side. Beside KoolAjax also provides number of client-side utility functions to help processing xml, loading resource, adding Javascript and CSS. When koolajax.php is included, the object $koolajax will be created automatically at server-side. At client-side, a javascript object koolajax is also created to faciliate the commnication.
Key features:
  • Cross-browsers compatible
  • Comply to XHTML standard
  • Feature-rich and easy to use controls
  • Abundant ready-to-use examples
  • Working with Zend, CakePHP, Joomla, Smarty.
  • Compatible with Prototype,jQuery, Mootools, Extjs

    • Step by step guides

    <?php
    //Step 1: Register koolajax component to your page
    require "koolajax/koolajax.php";
 
    //Let say you have a function named multiply that you would like to call from client
    function multiply($x,$y)
    {
        return $x*$y;
    }
    //Step 2: Enable the multiply function for ajax call.
    //For security reason, you need to specify which functions can be called.
    $koolajax->enableFunction("multiply");	
?>
 
<html>
    <head>
        <title></title>
        <!-- Step 3: Get koolajax render, prefer in head section of page -->
        <?php echo $koolajax->Render();?>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            function testMultiply()
            {
                //Step 4: User callback function to call server-side php function
                var res = koolajax.callback(multiply(3,4));
                //res = 12
            }	
        </script>
    </body>
</html>