// If the user is using Mozilla/Firefox/Safari/etc if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { //Intiate the object xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); //Set the mime type xmlhttp.overrideMimeType('text/xml'); } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { //Intiate the object xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } function preSearch() { //Put the form data into a variable var theQuery = document.getElementById('query').value; var theQuery_a = document.getElementById('query2').value; var theQuery_b = document.getElementById('query3').value; //If the form data is *not* blank, query the DB and return the results if(theQuery!== "") { //Change the content of the "result" DIV to "Searching..." //This gives our user confidence that the script is working if it takes a moment for the result to be returned. However the user will likely never see this... document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = "Searching..."; //This sets a variable with the URL (and query strings) to our PHP script var url = 'test.php?type=' + theQuery + '&Keyword=' + theQuery_a + '&church=' + theQuery_b; //Open the URL above "asynchronously" (that's what the "true" is for) using the GET method xmlhttp.open('GET', url, true); //Check that the PHP script has finished sending us the result xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if(xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) { //Replace the content of the "result" DIV with the result returned by the PHP script document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText + ' '; } else { //If the PHP script fails to send a response, or sends back an error, display a simple user-friendly notification document.getElementById('result').innerHTML = 'Error: preSearch Failed!'; } }; xmlhttp.send(null); } } //-->
Edited by arandlett, 16 May 2006 - 11:34 AM.