function makeHttpRequest (url) { var 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) { return false; } http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { if (http_request.readyState == 4) { document.emailform.auth.value = http_request.responseText; document.emailform.emailformsubmit.style.display = "inline"; document.emailform.emailformauth.style.display = "none"; } }; http_request.open ('GET', url, true); http_request.send (null); return true; } function getAuth () { makeHttpRequest ("getauth.php?auth=82d49372a94bcab3f112e0bad172d6ad"); }