function ajaxFunction(){
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
		
	}
	return ajaxRequest;
}
function showData() {
	//alert("i m here");
	htmlRequest = ajaxFunction();
	if (htmlRequest==null){ // If it cannot create a new Xmlhttp object.
		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request"); // Alert Them!
		return; // Returns.
	} // End If.
	
	htmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if(htmlRequest.readyState == 4){
			document.getElementById("shoutarea").innerHTML = htmlRequest.responseText;
		}
	}
	htmlRequest.open("GET", "outputinfo.php", true);
	htmlRequest.send(null);
}

showData();
setInterval("showData()",1000);

function saveData(){ // This is our SaveData function, we will use this to send data to the database.
	htmlRequest = ajaxFunction();
	//alert(htmlRequest);
	if (htmlRequest==null){ // If it cannot create a new Xmlhttp object.
		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request"); // Alert Them!
		return; // Returns.
	} // End If.
	
	if(document.shoutbox.shouter.value == "" || document.shoutbox.shouter.value == "NULL" || document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value == "" || document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value == "NULL"){ // If one of the fields is left Blank.
		alert('You need to fill in name and message!'); // Alters the user they forgot a field
		return; // Stops the rest of the script.
	} // End If.
	htmlRequest.open('POST', 'sendshout.php'); // Sends our shout to sendshout.php.
	htmlRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); // This tells our browser that a form is being submitted.
	htmlRequest.send('name='+document.shoutbox.shouter.value+'&message='+document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value+'&contact='+document.shoutbox.shouter_contact.value); // Sends the data.

	document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.value = ''; // Updates the shout box’s text area to NULL.
	document.shoutbox.shouter_comment.focus(); // Focuses the text area.
	
} // End Function.