var req = createXMLHttpRequest();
var http_request = false;

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      var url_reform = 'http://www.puffinweb.com/' + url ;
      //alert(url_reform);
      var params_reform = parameters + "&dummy=" + new Date().getTime();
      
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url_reform, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      //alert(params_reform);
      http_request.send(params_reform);
   }


function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('randomBook1').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	    alert(http_request.status); 
         }
      }
   }

function get1() {
	alert("hello");
}

function get(obj) {
      var poststr = "myKeys=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextbox1").value ) ;
	//alert(poststr);
      makePOSTRequest('funcs.php', poststr);
   }




function createXMLHttpRequest() {
var ua;
var _id;

if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    try {
      ua = new XMLHttpRequest();
      //alert("Hello");
    } catch(e) {
      ua = false;
    }
  } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
    try {
      ua = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    } catch(e) {
      ua = false;
    }
  }
  return ua;
}



function sendRequest(id) {
  var url = 'http://www.puffinweb.com/funcs.php?id=' + id + "&dummy=" + new Date().getTime();
  _id = id;
  req.open('get', url);

  // the onreadystatechange calls an anonymous function, defined
  // "on the fly".  Can't call a function with params

  req.onreadystatechange = function() {
     if(req.readyState == 4){
        var response = req.responseText;
        document.getElementById(_id).innerHTML = response;
              }
     else {
  	//alert("loading" + req.readyState);
     }
   }
  req.send(null);

}

function sendPhotoRequest(id) {
  
  var url = 'http://www.puffinweb.com/funcs.php?photo=' + id + "&dummy=" + new Date().getTime();
  req.open('get', url);
  req.onreadystatechange = handlePhotoResponse;
  req.send(null);
  }


function handleResponse(){
var myId;
/* 0: Uninitialized
		1: Loading
		2: Loaded
		3: Interactive
		4: Finished */
		
  if(req.readyState == 4){
    var response = req.responseText;
   /* var update = new Array();

    if(response.indexOf('||' != -1)) {
      update = response.split('||');
      document.getElementById(update[0]).innerHTML = update[1];
    }
    */
    

    if (myId == 'quote') {
      document.getElementById('quote').innerHTML = response;
    } else {
	document.getElementById('randomBook').innerHTML = response;
    }

//	document.getElementById('randomBook').innerHTML = response;

 }
  else {
  	//alert("loading" + req.readyState);
  }

}

function handlePhotoResponse() {
//alert("handlePhotoResponse");

		
  if(req.readyState == 4){
    var response = req.responseText;
    //alert(response);
    document.getElementById('Photo').innerHTML = response;
    
  }
  else {
  	//alert("loading" + req.readyState);
  }
  
}