What are the limitations of using JavaScript to preload database entries in PHP?

When preloading database entries in PHP using JavaScript, one limitation is that JavaScript is client-side, so it may not have direct access to the database. To overcome this limitation, you can use AJAX to send a request to a PHP script that retrieves the database entries and returns them to the JavaScript for preloading. 

// PHP script to retrieve database entries and return them to JavaScript
<?php

// Connect to database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Query to retrieve database entries
$sql = "SELECT * FROM entries";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

// Fetch and output entries as JSON
$entries = array();
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        $entries[] = $row;
    }
}

echo json_encode($entries);

// Close connection
$conn->close();

?>

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