var request = null;
function InitAJAX()
{
var objxml = null;
var ProgID = ["Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0","Msxml2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"];
try {
objxml = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch(e) {
for (var i = 0; i < ProgID.length; i++){
try {
objxml = new ActiveXObject(ProgID[i]);
}
catch(e) {
continue;
}
}
}
return objxml;
}
Usage:
request = InitAJAX(); // Do useful stuf with request
Rock solid addEvent() written, again, by Dustin Diaz (my internet super hero).
function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
if (obj.addEventListener) {
obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
}
else if (obj.attachEvent) {
obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
obj[type+fn] = function() { obj["e"+type+fn]( window.event ); }
obj.attachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
}
else {
obj["on"+type] = obj["e"+type+fn];
}
}
var EventCache = function(){
var listEvents = [];
return {
listEvents : listEvents,
add : function(node, sEventName, fHandler){
listEvents.push(arguments);
},
flush : function(){
var i, item;
for(i = listEvents.length - 1; i >= 0; i = i - 1){
item = listEvents[i];
if(item[0].removeEventListener){
item[0].removeEventListener(item[1], item[2], item[3]);
};
if(item[1].substring(0, 2) != "on"){
item[1] = "on" + item[1];
};
if(item[0].detachEvent){
item[0].detachEvent(item[1], item[2]);
};
item[0][item[1]] = null;
};
}
};
}();
addEvent(window,'unload',EventCache.flush);
It was posted on his blog in 2005 but I’m sure it ages well.. also I just wanted to post some more code.
Originally found here
Changes and integer to a roman numeral.
private function numberToRoman($num)
{
$n = intval($num);
$result = '';
$lookup = array('M' => 1000, 'CM' => 900, 'D' => 500, 'CD' => 400,
'C' => 100, 'XC' => 90, 'L' => 50, 'XL' => 40,
'X' => 10, 'IX' => 9, 'V' => 5, 'IV' => 4, 'I' => 1);
foreach ($lookup as $roman => $value)
{
$matches = intval($n / $value);
$result .= str_repeat($roman, $matches);
$n = $n % $value;
}
return $result;
}
Originally found here
A nice way to manage AJAX calls written by Dustin Diaz.
var asyncRequest = function() {
function handleReadyState(o, callback) {
if (o && o.readyState == 4 && o.status == 200) {
if (callback) {
callback(o);
}
}
}
var getXHR = function() {
var http;
try {
http = new XMLHttpRequest;
getXHR = function() {
return new XMLHttpRequest;
};
}
catch(e) {
var msxml = [
‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0′,
‘MSXML2.XMLHTTP’,
‘Microsoft.XMLHTTP’
];
for (var i=0, len = msxml.length; i < len; ++i) {
try {
http = new ActiveXObject(msxml[i]);
getXHR = function() {
return new ActiveXObject(msxml[i]);
};
break;
}
catch(e) {}
}
}
return http;
};
return function(method, uri, callback, postData) {
var http = getXHR();
http.open(method, uri, true);
handleReadyState(http, callback);
http.send(postData || null);
return http;
};
}();
Originally found here
Useful for pages containing a lot of javascript that might bring Firefox to a grinding halt if it’s not disabled.
if (! ('console' in window) || !('firebug' in console)) {
var names = ['log', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'assert', 'dir', 'dirxml', 'group', 'groupEnd', 'time', 'timeEnd', 'count', 'trace', 'profile', 'profileEnd'];
window.console = {};
for (var i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) window.console[names[i]] = function() {};
}
Originally found here