An Ajax Login System (with Help from PHP): “Evolt.org has posted this tutorial on the creation of a login system by combining the powers of PHP and Ajax. The idea is to keep the user on the same page until they are fully authenticated. As it stands now, most pages have to resubmit the data to a handler where it might be rejected or accepted. Either way, it saves the extra page load time and makes it a more “seamless” experience for the user. The Internet is finally truly going stateless, and the challenge posed now by the adaptive path article is as follows: to forget what we think we know about the limitations of the Web, and begin to imagine a wider, richer range of possibilities. In that regard, I started a project on the weekend that I wasn’t sure was possible: creating a fully secure “ajax”-powered login system, ideal for blogs, forums, and other similar sites. I had a barebones secure case working within a few hours, and a few more hours gave the final result that I will share today. The tutorial itself only explains things and a higher level, not really diving much into the code. It’s this page where all of the good stuff lives. They provide the HTML, the CSS, and all of the Javascript you’ll need to get it up and running, including the PHP script to run the authentication off “
