// holds an instance of XMLHttpRequest
var xmlHttp = createXmlHttpRequestObject();
// creates an XMLHttpRequest instance

function str_replace(search, replace, subject){

for(j=0;j<=subject.length-1;j++){
for(i=0;i<=replace.length-1;i++){
	
subject=subject.replace(search[i],replace[i]);	
	
}
}

return subject;

}

function createXmlHttpRequestObject()
{
// will store the reference to the XMLHttpRequest object
var xmlHttp;
// this should work for all browsers except IE6 and older
try
{
// try to create XMLHttpRequest object
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e)
{
// assume IE6 or older
var XmlHttpVersions = new Array("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.5.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0",
"MSXML2.XMLHTTP",
"Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
// try every prog id until one works
for (var i=0; i<XmlHttpVersions.length && !xmlHttp; i++)
{
try
{
// try to create XMLHttpRequest object
xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject(XmlHttpVersions[i]);
}
catch (e) {}
}
}
// return the created object or display an error message
if (!xmlHttp)
alert("Error creating the XMLHttpRequest object.");
else
return xmlHttp;
}

// read a file from the server
function process()
{
// only continue if xmlHttp isn't void
if (xmlHttp)
{
// try to connect to the server
try
{
// get the two values entered by the user
var firstNumber = document.getElementById("fast").value;
//var secondNumber = document.getElementById("secondNumber").value;
// create the params string

firstNumber = str_replace(["à", "á", "â", "ã", "ä", "å", "æ" ,"ç", "è", "é", "ê", "ë", "ì", "í", "î", "ï", "ð", "ñ", "ò", "ó", "ô", "õ", "ø", "ù", "ü", "ú", "þ", "ÿ"],
                          ["*a","*b","*w","*g","*d","*e","*v","*z","*i","*j","*k","*l","*m","*n","*o","*p","*r","*s","*t","*u","*f","*h","*1h","*12t","*x","*y","*3u","*4a"],
						 firstNumber);


firstNumber = str_replace(["À", "Á", "Â", "Ã", "Ä", "Å", "Æ", "Ç", "È", "É", "Ê", "Ë", "Ì", "Í", "Î", "Ï", "Ð", "Ñ", "Ò", "Ó", "Ô", "Õ", "Ø", "Ù", "Ü", "Ú", "Þ", "ß"],
                          ["*a","*b","*w","*g","*d","*e","*v","*z","*i","*j","*k","*l","*m","*n","*o","*p","*r","*s","*t","*u","*f","*h","*1h","*12t","*x","*y","*3u","*4a"],
						 firstNumber);



var params = "name=" + firstNumber;
// initiate the asynchronous HTTP request
xmlHttp.open("GET", "fastsearch.php?" + params, true);
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleRequestStateChange;
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
// display the error in case of failure
catch (e)
{
alert("Can't connect to server:\n" + e.toString());
}
}
}
// function called when the state of the HTTP request changes
function handleRequestStateChange()
{
// when readyState is 4, we are ready to read the server response
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4)
{
// continue only if HTTP status is "OK"
if (xmlHttp.status == 200)
{
try
{
// do something with the response from the server
//handleServerResponse();

myDiv = document.getElementById("fastbody");
myDiv.innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;

}
catch(e)
{
// display error message
alert("Error reading the response: " + e.toString());
}
}
else
{
// display status message
alert("There was a problem retrieving the data:\n" +
xmlHttp.statusText);
}
}
}
// handles the response received from the server
function handleServerResponse()
{
// retrieve the server's response packaged as an XML DOM object
var xmlResponse = xmlHttp.responseXML;
// catching potential errors with IE and Opera
if (!xmlResponse || !xmlResponse.documentElement)
throw("Invalid XML structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
// catching potential errors with Firefox
var rootNodeName = xmlResponse.documentElement.nodeName;
if (rootNodeName == "parsererror")
throw("Invalid XML structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
// getting the root element (the document element)
xmlRoot = xmlResponse.documentElement;
// testing that we received the XML document we expect
if (rootNodeName != "response" || !xmlRoot.firstChild)
throw("Invalid XML structure:\n" + xmlHttp.responseText);
// the value we need to display is the child of the root <response> element
responseText = xmlRoot.firstChild.data;
// display the user message
myDiv = document.getElementById("myDivElement");
myDiv.innerHTML = "Server says the answer is: " + responseText;
}