// functions and variables required to send mail using php script

var xmlhttp;

function ec_news_signup(email) {
	
	xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
	if (xmlhttp==null) {
		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
		return;
	}
	var url="scripts/ec_news_signup.php";

	url=url+"?email="+email;
	url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
	xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlhttp.send(null);

}

function stateChanged() {

	if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) {
		document.getElementById("ec_news_result").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
	}
}

function GetXmlHttpObject() {

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  		// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  		return new XMLHttpRequest();
  	}
	if (window.ActiveXObject) {
  		// code for IE6, IE5
  		return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  	}

return null;
}