CodeIgniter and JSON with jQuery
In this post, we are going to talk about how to receive data in CodeIgniter via JSON, using for that the JavaScript framework jQuery. But before that, we need to clarify a bit what is JSON and what is it used for.
What is JSON? What is it used for?
JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. So, it is a way of writing the properties of objects in JavaScript so that they can be sent between client and server and vice versa. This format is very light due to its internal structure, which is quite human readable, and it is very easy to process by machines. While there is a debate about which format is better, if XML or JSON, for sending and receiving data via AJAX, there is a large community of developers who bet on JSON as the AJAX communication technology that will prevail in the future, alleging among other things that being lighter than XML the communication between client and server is faster. […]