Using JSON with PHP : an example

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index.php
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$array = array
(
["books"] => array(
["0"] => array
(
["book"] => array
(
["title"] => "JavaScript, the Definitive Guide"
["publisher"] => "O Reilly"
["author"] => "David Flanagan"
["cover"] => "/images/cover_defguide.jpg"
["blurb"] => "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit."
)

)

["1"] => array
(
["book"] => array
(
["title"] => "DOM Scripting"
["publisher"] => "Friends of Ed"
["author"] => "Jeremy Keith"
["cover"] => "/images/cover_domscripting.jpg"
["blurb"] => "Praesent et diam a ligula facilisis venenatis."
)

)

["2"] => array
(
["book"] => array
(
["title"] => "DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design using JavaScript & DOM"
["publisher"] => "Sitepoint"
["author"] => "Stuart Langridge"
["cover"] => "/images/cover_utopia.jpg"
["blurb"] => "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit."
)

)

)

)
die(json_encode($array));

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index.js
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window.onload = xmlHttp;

function xmlHttp()
{	
       if (window.XMLHttpRequest){xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject){xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}
	else alert("XMLHttpRequest & ActiveXObject not active");
	xmlhttp.open('POST', "index.php", true);
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){if(xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200)setDataJSON(eval('(' + xmlhttp.responseText + ')'));}
	xmlhttp.send(r);
}

function setDataJSON(req)
{
	var data = eval('(' + req.responseText + ')');
	for (var i=0;i	{
		var x = document.createElement('div');
		x.className = 'book';
		var y = document.createElement('h3');
		y.appendChild(document.createTextNode(data.books[i].book.title));
		x.appendChild(y);
		var z = document.createElement('p');
		z.className = 'moreInfo';
		z.appendChild(document.createTextNode('By ' + data.books[i].book.author + ', ' + data.books[i].book.publisher));
		x.appendChild(z);
		var a = document.createElement('img');
		a.src = data.books[i].book.cover;
		x.appendChild(a);
		var b = document.createElement('p');
		b.appendChild(document.createTextNode(data.books[i].book.blurb));
		x.appendChild(b);
		document.getElementById('DivIdWhereChangeWillShown').appendChild(x);
	}
}