Widget to load remote mysql data

[andrepb]

Hi, i´m developing a widget to show retrieved data from a mysql server. How a implement this? Need i to convert to xml and then load data?

Andre Dias

[andrepb]

Hi, i´m developing a widget to show retrieved data from a mysql server. How a implement this? Need i to convert to xml and then load data?

Andre Dias

Hi, i found this tutorial at http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_ajax_database.asp

adias.

[jappit]

Hi andrepb,

usually you have to send data, from server to client, by using a suitable data format. XML and JSON are both good choices. The example you linked uses HTML as data format, that could be useful in situations where you only need to display the retrieved data, but do not have to handle it (anyway, I wouldn't recommend using it).

Pit