ajax function question

@Angry_Black_ManAug 13.2007 — #see the function handlestatechange, i'd like to pass the variable 'day' from my startrequest function to the handlestate function. the problem is that when handlestatechange is called, it's not called like a normal function with the ()[/quote]

based on my own experiences, you can give the handlestatechange function parameters. for example:

[CODE]function startRequest(day, month) {
 createXMLHttpRequest();
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange[COLOR="Red"](day)[/COLOR];
 xmlHttp.open("GET", "eventDetails.php?day="+day+"&month="+month+"&teamid=<?echo $teamid;?>", true);
 xmlHttp.send(null);
 
 }
 
 
 
 function handleStateChange([COLOR="Red"]day[/COLOR]) {
 if(xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
 if(xmlHttp.status == 200) {
 alert("The server replied with: " + xmlHttp.responseText);
 } 
 }
 }[/CODE]

however, realize that DAY will no longer be dynamic. if day is "13" when you initially pass it to that function, it will remain "13" each time handleStateChange is called.

you could also create a global scope variable and set day to it whenever you call the startrequest function.

however, i'd personally suggest creating a new property for your xmlHttp object called "day", and setting it to the day that you pass in though the function call. notice my test example:

&lt;html&gt;
 &lt;body&gt;
 
 &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
 function ajaxFunction()
 {
 var xmlHttp;
 try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
 catch (e)
 {
 // Internet Explorer
 try
 {
 xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
 }
 catch (e)
 {
 try
 {
 xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
 }
 catch (e)
 {
 alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
 return false;
 }
 }
 }
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
 {
 if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
 {
 document.myForm.time.value=xmlHttp.responseText;
 }
 }
 
 <i>    </i>[COLOR="Red"]xmlHttp.testProperty = "test!"[/COLOR]
 
 <i>    </i>//xmlHttp.open("GET","time.asp",true);
 <i>    </i>//xmlHttp.send(null);
 
 <i>	</i>[COLOR="Red"]alert(xmlHttp.testProperty)[/COLOR]
 }
 &lt;/script&gt;
 
 &lt;form name="myForm"&gt;
 Name: &lt;input type="text"
 onkeyup="ajaxFunction();" name="username" /&gt;
 Time: &lt;input type="text" name="time" /&gt;
 &lt;/form&gt;

@ixxalnxxiauthorAug 13.2007 — #i've tried adding the ( ) to handlestatechange without even passing any parameters, but once i add the ( ) the ajax stops working altogether.

@A1ien51Aug 13.2007 — #Your xmlHttp is sitting in a global varaible, so why don;t you just throw you day into a global variable and read that?

In reality you should learn about OO JavaScript.

Eric

@A1ien51Aug 13.2007 — #Some info here:

var x = someFunction() means to execute now and store its returned value into this variable;

var x = someFunction means to assign that function to that variable

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