/* The following function creates an XMLHttpRequest object... */

function createRequestObject(){
	var request_o; //declare the variable to hold the object.
	var browser = navigator.appName; //find the browser name
	if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
		/* Create the object using MSIE's method */
		request_o = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}else{
		/* Create the object using other browser's method */
		request_o = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	return request_o; //return the object
}

/* You can get more specific with version information by using 
	parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
	Which will extract an integer value containing the version 
	of the browser being used.
*/

/* The variable http will hold our new XMLHttpRequest object. */
var http = createRequestObject(); 

/* Function called to get the product categories list */
function getItems(){
	/* Create the request. The first argument to the open function is the method (POST/GET),
		and the second argument is the url... 
		document contains references to all items on the page
		We can reference document.form_category_select.select_category_select and we will
		be referencing the dropdown list. The selectedIndex property will give us the 
		index of the selected item. 
	*/
	
if (document.form_category_select.select_category_select.value != 'null'){
        //var thecatwewant = document.form_category_select.options[document.form_category_select.select_category_select].value;
        http.open('get', 'items.php?action=get_items&cat='
			+ document.form_category_select.select_category_select.value);
	/* Define a function to call once a response has been received. This will be our
		handleProductCategories function that we define below. */
	http.onreadystatechange = handleItems;
	/* Send the data. We use something other than null when we are sending using the POST
		method. */
	http.send(null);
}

}

/* Function called to handle the list that was returned from the internal_request.php file.. */
function handleItems(){
	/* Make sure that the transaction has finished. The XMLHttpRequest object 
		has a property called readyState with several states:
		0: Uninitialized
		1: Loading
		2: Loaded
		3: Interactive
		4: Finished */
	if(http.readyState == 4){ //Finished loading the response
		/* We have got the response from the server-side script,
			let's see just what it was. using the responseText property of 
			the XMLHttpRequest object. */
		var response = http.responseText;
		/* And now we want to change the items_wrap <div> content.
			we do this using an ability to get/change the content of a page element 
			that we can find: innerHTML. */
		document.getElementById('items_wrap').innerHTML = response;
	}
}


/* Function called to get the mediaplayer */
function aPlayer(mfile,mtitle){
	/* Create the request. The first argument to the open function is the method (POST/GET),
		and the second argument is the url...
		document contains references to all items on the page
		We can reference document.form_category_select.select_category_select and we will
		be referencing the dropdown list. The selectedIndex property will give us the
		index of the selected item.
	*/
	http.open('get', 'aplayer.php?action=get_items&mtitle='
			+ mtitle + '&mfile=' + mfile);
	/* Define a function to call once a response has been received. This will be our
		handleProductCategories function that we define below. */
	http.onreadystatechange = handleaPlayer;
	/* Send the data. We use something other than null when we are sending using the POST
		method. */
	http.send(null);
}

/* Function called to handle the list that was returned from the internal_request.php file.. */
function handleaPlayer(){
	/* Make sure that the transaction has finished. The XMLHttpRequest object
		has a property called readyState with several states:
		0: Uninitialized
		1: Loading
		2: Loaded
		3: Interactive
		4: Finished */
	if(http.readyState == 4){ //Finished loading the response
		/* We have got the response from the server-side script,
			let's see just what it was. using the responseText property of
			the XMLHttpRequest object. */
		var response = http.responseText;

		/* And now we want to change the items_wrap <div> content.
			we do this using an ability to get/change the content of a page element
			that we can find: innerHTML. */
		if (document.getElementById("theplayer")){
                //var player = document.getElementById("theplayer");
                document.theplayer.Stop();
                }

                document.getElementById('player_wrap').innerHTML = response;
	}
}