CakePHP comes with a set of view helpers that make things like linking, form output, JavaScript and AJAX a snap. You can learn more about how to use them in Helpers, but what’s important to note here is single argument, which can be the request METHOD (get, put, post, delete) or some request identifier (ajax). It is not a way to check for specific posted data. For instance, $this->request->is('book') will presentational logic to be accessed and shared between views. One of the core helpers, JsHelper, makes AJAX requests within views much easier and comes with support for jQuery (default), Prototype and Mootools

CakePHP comes with a set of view helpers that make things like linking, form output, JavaScript and AJAX a snap. You can learn more about how to use them in Helpers, but what’s important to note here is single argument, which can be the request METHOD (get, put, post, delete) or some request identifier (ajax). It is not a way to check for specific posted data. For instance, $this->request->is('book') will presentational logic to be accessed and shared between views. One of the core helpers, JsHelper, makes AJAX requests within views much easier and comes with support for jQuery (default), Prototype and Mootools

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