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AJAX Tutorial with jQuery
AJAX isn’t widely understood. The reality is, it’s actually very simple, especially with jQuery. AJAX is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. AJAX is used to send or retrieve data from a server in a dynamic fashion. Simply put, once a web page is fully loaded, you can use Javascript to invoke a behind...
Magento Product Collections
Using product collections can be very beneficial to Magento developers. In order to understand Magento Product Collections, you should have an understanding of what a Collection is, in addition to having an understanding of Magento Models. In short, a Magento Model is similar to an object in the sense that it contains both data and...
Read XML Using PHP
Want to learn how to read XML using PHP? XML is used to store and transport data in an organized structure. With that said, XML can be used to create data sets and you can also use XML to create configuration files/settings for frameworks. To truly understand how PHP XML Parsing works, you should probably...
Magento: Shopping Cart Total Quantity vs Total Items
When it comes to Magento Shopping Carts, people tend to get confused between total items and total quantities. A shopping cart item is a unique product within the shopping cart and the quantity is the total number of each unique item that customers want to order. In other words, if you have two different products...