var http_request = false;

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, type) {
  http_request = false;
  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.modifier = type;
  http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
  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);
		//alert(http_request.modifier);
		result = http_request.responseText;
		
		if (http_request.modifier == 'rating' || http_request.modifier == 'timer1'){
			document.getElementById('ratingDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('loader3','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'poll') { 
			document.getElementById('pollDiv').innerHTML = result;

		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'comment') { 
			document.getElementById('commentDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('commentLoader','','hide');

		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'story') { 
			total = 60;
			document.getElementById('storyDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('loader2','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'refresh') { 
			document.getElementById('apDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('apLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'redeem') { 
			document.getElementById('apDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('apLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_fn') { 
			document.getElementById('su_1').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_u') { 
			document.getElementById('su_2').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_p') { 
			document.getElementById('su_3').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_e') { 
			document.getElementById('su_4').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_e2') { 
			document.getElementById('su_4').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_c') { 
			document.getElementById('su_5').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'su_ref') { 
			document.getElementById('su_6').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'mix') { 
			document.getElementById('charDiv').innerHTML = result;
			MM_showHideLayers('checkLoader','','hide');
			
		} else if (http_request.modifier == 'showhide') { 
			document.getElementById('test').innerHTML = result;		
			MM_showHideLayers('apLoader','','hide');
			
		}
	 } else {
		alert('Oops, looks like you\'ve run into an error. Try what you were doing again.');
	 }
  }
}

function otf(type, number) {
	
	if (type == "rating"){
		//Carries out the process of building a query string for the rating section and posts to the rating bg
		var poststr = "rate=" + number + "&id=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("idrating").value ) + "&passedSesh=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedSesh1").value ) + "&passedMember=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedMember1").value );			
		makePOSTRequest('inc-ratingResults.php', poststr, type);
		
	} else if (type == "poll") {
		//Carries out a different process in the poll rating system
		if (number != 6) {
			var poststr = "vote=" + number + "&passedSesh=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedSesh").value ) + "&passedMember=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedMember").value );
		} else {
			var poststr = "vote=" + number + "&passedSesh=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedSesh").value ) + "&passedMember=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedMember").value ) + "&otherField=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("otherField").value );
		}

		makePOSTRequest('inc-monthlyPollResult.php', poststr, type);	

	} else if (type == "comment") {
		var poststr = "id=" + number + "&comment=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("comment").value ) + "&passedSesh=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("passedSesh2").value ) + "&aid=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("aid").value );	
		makePOSTRequest('bg-comment.php', poststr, type);		

	} else if (type == "story") {
		var poststr = "id=" + number;	
		makePOSTRequest('inc-mainStory.php', poststr, type);	
	
	} else if (type == "timer1"){
		var poststr = "";	
		makePOSTRequest('inc-ratings.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "refresh"){
		var poststr = "id=" + number;	
		makePOSTRequest('inc-apStats.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "redeem"){
		var poststr = "id=" + number + "&redeem=1";
		makePOSTRequest('inc-apStats.php', poststr, type);	
		
	}  else if (type == "su_fn"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_fn").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_u"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_u").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_p"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_p").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_e"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_e").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_e2"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_e2").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_c"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_c").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "su_ref"){
		var poststr = "input=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("su_ref").value ) + "&number=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-check.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "mix"){
		var poststr = "";
		makePOSTRequest('inc-chars.php', poststr, type);	
		
	} else if (type == "showhide"){
		var poststr = "id=" + number;
		makePOSTRequest('bg-showhide.php', poststr, type);	
		
	}
}