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I am thinking of developing a website in PHP and I was thinking of using AJAX in order to send data to, and retrieve data from a server asynchronously (in the background) without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
So my question: would it be better to use AJAX to GET or POST to php pages or any other options are possible?
There are not that many options when it comes to submiting data, either you use AJAX or use the normal http message like GET or POST. If you would like to determin witch is better i would say: it depends.
Ajax seems to me like a great way of making more dynamic a part of your site, but i dont think its always practical to use in all your site. Ajax is generally used when you need to show some context change on one page, like posting a commner, faving a question, or things like that. Another great thing about it is not to bound user to a form (you can save info with a link like when you vote a question here)
Using GET or POST its usefull to let the user now here’s moving along a process or when things that happen after or before are different, or context change a lot when submitting.