PHP Vs AJAX

[Xav]

I love your analogy, +rep.

AJAX is a mix of languages used together.

[Jordan]

AJAX is a somewhat newer version of PHP.

I disagree with that completely. AJAX is a term used to describe JavaScript and XML which could be created by ANY server-side language (ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, PHP, etc). AJAX isn't a language and basically consists of one DOM API Object: XMLHttpRequest. In fact, you could manually create an XML file, upload it to the server and use JavaScript to read and fetch it (AJAX).

AJAX stands for: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

[Xav]

That's what I said!

[Jordan]

I made a Wiki about it: AJAX - CodeCall Programming Wiki

Feel free to edit and add.

[jhonichen]

Ajax is asynchronous request and PHP is the code that return/generate response for the request. they are two different things.

[Jordan]

PHP isn't the only server side language you can use.

[zeroradius]

AJAX is a somewhat newer version of PHP.

ROFL that made my day.

[Xav]

PHP isn't the only server side language you can use.

No, but it's the most popular and seems to be the best.

[Jordan]

Do you have proof that PHP beats ASP or even Ruby or is that just an assumption? -rep

[Xav]

The proof is that I have tried PHP and ASP (not Ruby I will admit) and PHP p4wns ASP.