var changing_thumbs = new Array();
function changeThumb(index, i, num_thumbs, path)
{
    if (changing_thumbs[index])
    {
        hidden_image_id = (i + 1) % num_thumbs;
        
        //$(index).src = path + "/small" + i + ".jpg";
        //$("hidden_image").src = path + "/small" + hidden_image_id + ".jpg";
        document.getElementById(index).src = path + "/small" + i + ".jpg";
        i = i % num_thumbs;
        i++;
        setTimeout("changeThumb('" + index + "'," + i + ", " + num_thumbs + ", '" + path + "')", 600);
    }
}    
function startThumbChange(index, num_thumbs, path)
{    
    changing_thumbs[index] = true;
    
    changeThumb(index, 1, num_thumbs, path);
}
function endThumbChange(index, path)
{
    changing_thumbs[index] = false;
    document.getElementById(index).src = path + "/small.jpg";
}

function ajaxRequest(){
 var activexmodes=["Msxml2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"] //activeX versions to check for in IE
 if (window.ActiveXObject){ //Test for support for ActiveXObject in IE first (as XMLHttpRequest in IE7 is broken)
  for (var i=0; i<activexmodes.length; i++){
   try{
    return new ActiveXObject(activexmodes[i])
   }
   catch(e){
    //suppress error
   }
  }
 }
 else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
  return new XMLHttpRequest()
 else
  return false
}

function a(){
var mygetrequest=new ajaxRequest()
mygetrequest.onreadystatechange=function(){
 if (mygetrequest.readyState==4){
  if (mygetrequest.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1){
   document.getElementById("result").innerHTML=mygetrequest.responseText
  }
  else{
   alert("An error has occured making the request")
  }
 }
}
var namevalue=encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("name").value)
var agevalue=encodeURIComponent(document.getElementById("age").value)
mygetrequest.open("GET", "basicform.php?name="+namevalue+"&age="+agevalue, true)
mygetrequest.send(null)
}