My first usefull ajax script!

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It doesn't work for me =\ I use Internet Explorer 7 if that helps at all

Originally Posted by Marky It doesn't work for me =\ I use Internet Explorer 7 if that helps at all

I hate IE (and dont understand why you use it), il see whats wrong with it.

Not using ajax for me, goes the the shortener page. It shouldn't change if the request is working. FF.

Originally Posted by Blue Ire Not using ajax for me, gos the the shortener page. It shouldn't change if the request is working.

That means you are hitting enter, not the shorten button, another bug which I need to fix.

Originally Posted by Village Idiot I hate IE (and dont understand why you use it), il see whats wrong with it.

I keep meaning to transfer to Firefox, but I like Internet Explorer... the only problem with it for me is it's a pain in the butt to code in as there are so many problems with cross-browser etc.
Good luck with the fixing though

Ah, I see.

I cant figure out why its not working, any javascript experts here?

First you want to remove the onclick from the button.

Add this to the form:
onsubmit="GetURL(); return false;"

The return false will make the form not submit the page, you know what the GetURL function does.

There error in IE is this line (which IE doesn't support):
Request.overrideMimeType('text/html');

To be honest, I'm not sure why you're using that. Your returned result should send back those proper headers if you must have them in there. If you remove that line it looks like it should work.

Why use inline js? Wouldn't it be better to simply write the complete setup in php and html, and use js to intercept the specified actions? This way it functions perfectly without js, and with js you get the niceties. The way it is now it works without js only if you hit enter, button is useless. Just a thought.