// Global variables
var http_request = false;

function createRequestObject() {
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

// Sample request
   function get(obj) {
      var poststr = "mytextarea1=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea1").value ) +
                    "&mytextarea2=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea2").value );
      makePOSTRequest('post.php', poststr);
   }



   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, callback_function, return_xml) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
         }
      } 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.onreadystatechange = function() { 
           if (http_request.readyState == 4) { 
               if (http_request.status == 200) { 
                   if (return_xml) { 
                       eval(callback_function + '(http_request.responseXML)'); 
                   } else { 
                       eval(callback_function + '(http_request.responseText)'); 
                   } 
               } else { 
                   alert('There was a problem with the request.(Code: ' + http_request.status + ')'); 
               } 
           } 
       } 

      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

function alertContents() { 

       if (http_request.readyState == 4) { 
            if (http_request.status == 200) { 
               alert (http_request.responseText); 
           } else { 
               alert('There was a problem with the request.'); 
           } 
       } 
} 

function getVideos() {

   // Send AJAX transaction
  // var poststr = "action=" + encodeURI( "getUserProfile" ) +
  //      "&email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
  //      "&password=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("_password").value ) ;

   
//    alert("param = " + poststr);
   
    makePOSTRequest('http://gracealliance.pet-turtles.net/cgi-bin/getvideos.php', '', 'httpCallback', false);
  
    return true;
}

function httpCallback(response) { 
    
    var statusObj = document.getElementById('videoArea');
    var items;

    if (response) {
        statusObj.innerHTML = response;
    }
    
    //alert(response);
}