onreadystatechange location in script

[Geee]

Hi there, I'm trying to do an asynchrynous request to a php page and then update a div with the contents. I've done this sucessfully in the past but this script is driving me insane! Where should I place the onreadystatechange method in this script please:

var http = getHTTPObject();
var url = 'js/clevertext.php';

function updatetext($field, $client_id) {
	http.open("GET", url, true);
	http.send(null);
	http.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange();

}

function handleStateChange() {
	if (http.readyState == 4) {
		alert(http.responseText);
	}
}

function getHTTPObject() {
var xmlhttp;
if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		try 
		{
			xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch (e) {
		xmlhttp = false;
		}
	}
	return xmlhttp;
}

I've tried it before and after the send but it either doesn't work, or only works the second time the function is called.

Thanks

Gary

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[Geee]

Found the problem finally. The onreadystatechange goes between the open and the send, but the function name should not have the () at the end:

http.open("GET", url, true);
http.onreadystatechange = handleStateChange;
http.send(null);

Works fine!

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Gary,

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[Geee]

Thanks Dan that sig is very very old and I'd forgotten it was there. Changing it now.

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