document.write('
');
document.write('/* -- Function to "handle" the response -- */
');
document.write('function myHandler() {
');
document.write(' /* -- Was the request successful? -- */
');
document.write(' if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
');
document.write(' /* -- Did the request return a result? -- */
');
document.write(' if (this.responseXML != null && this.responseXML.getElementById("stuff").firstChild.data) {
');
document.write(' doSomething(this.responseXML.getElementById("stuff").firstChild.data);
');
document.write(' }
');
document.write(' }
');
document.write('}
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document.write('
');
document.write('var myRequest; // Variable to hold request object
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document.write('
');
document.write('if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
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document.write(' myRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // Standards-compliant browsers
');
document.write('} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
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document.write(' myRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); // For IE
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document.write('}
');
document.write('
');
document.write('myRequest.onreadystatechange = myHandler;
');
document.write('/* -- "getStuff.php" can be anything that returns an XML file -- */
');
document.write('myRequest.open("GET", "getStuff.php", true);
');
document.write('
');