create ajax based calculator

Hi

i was creating ajax based calculator tonight and i just came to below code

i dont know how to save content in controler to Sum values: eg: when user insert 1 and then press ADD button How save 1 in memory with ajax

my code in controller is:




public $operator;

public static  $sum;

public function ActionOperation()

	{

		$count=$_POST['count'];

		

		$operator=$_POST['operator'];

		switch ($operator)

		{

			case 'add': 

				self::$sum+=$count;

				break;

			case 'sub':

				self::$sum-=$count;

				break;

			case 'mul':

				self::$sum*=$count;

				break;

			case 'div':

				self::$sum/=$count;

				break;

			case 'minus':

				self::$sum*=-1;

				break;

			default :

					

					break;

			

		}

		$response = array('count'=>self::$sum);

		echo json_encode($response);

	}




in view file i have:


<div class="calcframe">

	<?php echo CHtml::textField('data','0');

	Yii::app()->clientScript->registerCoreScript('jquery');

	?>

    <br />

    <div id="operations">

    	<?php echo CHtml::button("+",array("id"=>"add"));

		echo CHtml::button("-",array("id"=>"sub"));

		echo CHtml::button("*",array("id"=>"mul"));

		echo CHtml::button("/",array("id"=>"div"));

		echo CHtml::button("-+",array("id"=>"minus"));

		echo CHtml::button("=",array("id"=>"result"));

    	?>

    </div>

    <div id="numbers">

    <?php

   

    for($i=0;$i<=9;$i++)

		 {

    	 echo CHtml::button($i,array('id'=>'btn-'.$i));

    	 }

    	

   

    

    ?>

    </div>

<script type="text/javascript">

$('#operations input').click(function(){

	var operator='operator='+$(this).attr('id')+'&count='+$('#data').val();;

	

	$.ajax({

		type:'post',

		url:"<?php echo $this->createUrl("calc/operation")?>",

		data:operator,

		dataType: "json",

		success: function(response){

			alert(response.count);

			$('#data').val(response.count);

		}

		});

	//return false;

});

</script>

</div>



this script just handle operators not operand

another question i have :

is my approach correct or would it better to user CFormModel instance ?

Why not just do the whole thing in javascript? Let the client machine do the work.

i agree with you ,

but to invoke Yii cababilities and my knownledge

i have some question here about above snippets: (imagine we are about to create yii calculator)

1- which way is the best to keep values? 1- session 2- peroperty in class and even which way is more secure?

and next questions latter