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help with a chat script

Asked by johnwry in Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX), JavaScript, PHP Scripting Language

hello,
I'm trying to develop my own little facebook style chat where there is a solid bar at the bottom of the page and I can click on an icon to popup the users that are currently online. Once I click on a user, a window opens so that i can begin chatting with him.
I found a script that i've adapted where I can already click on the icon and start chatting. What I need to be able to do is click and see users online. Once a click on a user, the userid is passed and the chat window opens for us both to start chatting. I could adapt the script but i'm not versed enough in javascript.

Attached you will find the javascript/ajax. 
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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
			var sendReq = getXmlHttpRequestObject();
			var receiveReq = getXmlHttpRequestObject();
			var lastMessage = 0;
			var mTimer;
			//Function for initializating the page.
			function startChat() {
				//Set the focus to the Message Box.
				document.getElementById('txt_message').focus();
				//Start Recieving Messages.
				getChatText();
			}		
			//Gets the browser specific XmlHttpRequest Object
			function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
				if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
					return new XMLHttpRequest();
				} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
					return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} else {
					document.getElementById('p_status').innerHTML = 'Status: Cound not create XmlHttpRequest Object.  Consider upgrading your browser.';
				}
			}
			
			//Gets the current messages from the server
			function getChatText() {
				if (receiveReq.readyState == 4 || receiveReq.readyState == 0) {
					receiveReq.open("GET", 'getChat.php?chat=1&last=' + lastMessage, true);
					receiveReq.onreadystatechange = handleReceiveChat; 
					receiveReq.send(null);
				}			
			}
			//Add a message to the chat server.
			function sendChatText() {
				if(document.getElementById('txt_message').value == '') {
					alert("You have not entered a message");
					return;
				}
				if (sendReq.readyState == 4 || sendReq.readyState == 0) {
					sendReq.open("POST", 'getChat.php?chat=1&last=' + lastMessage, true);
					sendReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
					sendReq.onreadystatechange = handleSendChat; 
					var param = 'message=' + document.getElementById('txt_message').value;
					param += '&name=Ryan';
					param += '&chat=1';
					sendReq.send(param);
					document.getElementById('txt_message').value = '';
				}							
			}
			//When our message has been sent, update our page.
			function handleSendChat() {
				//Clear out the existing timer so we don't have 
				//multiple timer instances running.
				clearInterval(mTimer);
				getChatText();
			}
			//Function for handling the return of chat text
			function handleReceiveChat() {
				if (receiveReq.readyState == 4) {
					var chat_div = document.getElementById('div_chat');
					var xmldoc = receiveReq.responseXML;
					var message_nodes = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("message"); 
					var n_messages = message_nodes.length
					for (i = 0; i < n_messages; i++) {
						var user_node = message_nodes[i].getElementsByTagName("user");
						var text_node = message_nodes[i].getElementsByTagName("text");
						var time_node = message_nodes[i].getElementsByTagName("time");
						chat_div.innerHTML += '<font class="chat_time">' + time_node[0].firstChild.nodeValue + '&nbsp;';
						chat_div.innerHTML += user_node[0].firstChild.nodeValue + ':</font>';
						
						chat_div.innerHTML += text_node[0].firstChild.nodeValue + '<br />';
						chat_div.scrollTop = chat_div.scrollHeight;
						lastMessage = (message_nodes[i].getAttribute('id'));
					}
					mTimer = setTimeout('getChatText();',2000); //Refresh our chat in 2 seconds
				}
			}
			//This functions handles when the user presses enter.  Instead of submitting the form, we
			//send a new message to the server and return false.
			function blockSubmit() {
				sendChatText();
				return false;
			}
			//This cleans out the database so we can start a new chat session.
			
		</script>
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