Best PHP-Based AJAX Framework

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supermike
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Best PHP-Based AJAX Framework

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Can anyone recommend a stable, most popular, cross-platform PHP-based AJAX framework for making fancy web controls like treeviews that download childnodes from the web and other kinds of fancy web controls? I've seen some neat frameworks out there, but they seem to be Ruby and Python based and my clients want only PHP solutions.

I'm a PHP/MySQL freelancer (did PHP for 5 years, but in December I went out on my own full-time). Last year I started doing AJAX and advanced Javascript stuff (treeviews and fancy menus that work in *all* browsers), but so far it's been a pain to keep up with all the new browser changes and all this time I spend testing really sucks away from my profit. It's time for me to use a framework. I have learned that JQuery is becoming like the defacto standard, and I intend to use it, but when I have a need for drag and drop, fancy treeviews, and things like that, I may need an AJAX solution.
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Doh! To be honest, I just embarassed myself. Turns out that jQuery can do AJAX just fine. I had only been skimming jQuery and deciding to go with it by the sheer popularity of it with PHP devs. I had not yet read all the docs, but plan to do so.
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Re: Best PHP-Based AJAX Framework

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I prefer prototype to jquery! Don´t know were you got this story of jquery becoming the defacto js lib
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Re: Best PHP-Based AJAX Framework

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If you are looking for "fancy web controls like treeviews" you might want to look at Ext. I haven't used it (I use jQuery, Prototype and mootools), but Ext seem to be more focused on UI and controls that being a general library. It actually runs on top of either jQuery, Prototype or its own lib.
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Re: Best PHP-Based AJAX Framework

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hmm. seems like the suggestions are well. My first choise would be prototype. But then again, they are javascript frameworks. Since you are looking for "php-based" frameworks, then I would suggest "Sajax". The only thing that I've tried which I consider php-based, since php is the one who will be creating the javascripts.
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