gistfile1.js

function showUser(str) {
   // clear highlights
   $('.highlight').removeClass('highlight');

   $('#txtHint').load('author-ajax.php?q=' + str, function() {
     $('#authors .' + str).addClass('highlight');
   });
}

/*

function showUser(str)
51	{
52	if (str=="")
53	  {
54	  document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML="";
55	  return;
56	  } 
57	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
58	  {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
59	  xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
60	  }
61	else
62	  {// code for IE6, IE5
63	  xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
64	  }
65	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
66	  {
67	  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
68	    {
69	    document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
70	    }
71	  }
72	xmlhttp.open("GET","author-ajax.php?q="+str,true);
73	xmlhttp.send();
74	}