function findFriends() {
	if (xmlRequest.readyState == 0) {
		var user = escape(document.getElementById('user').value);
		xmlRequest.open("GET", '../get/' + user + '/', true);
		xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = handleFindFriends(); 
		xmlRequest.send(null);
	}		
}

function handleFindFriends() {
var friends = document.getElementById("friends");
if (xmlRequest.readyState == 1) {
			friends.innerHTML = '<div id="addfriends">Searching for ' + friends.user.value + '...</div>';
} elseif (xmlRequest.readyState == 4) {
var result = findFriends.responseText.value;

if (result == 'true') {

var element = document.getElementById("Submit");
element.removeAttribute('disable','disabled');
			friends.innerHTML = '<div id="addfriends">' + friends.user.value + ' has been found</div>';

} elseif (result == 'false') {

var element = document.getElementById("Submit");
element.setAttribute('disable','disabled');
			friends.innerHTML = '<div id="addfriends" class="error">' + friends.user.value + ' cannot be found, why not try a search for them <a href="../../search/" alt="">here</a>.</div>';


} else {
element.setAttribute('disable','disabled');
			friends.innerHTML = '<div id="addfriends">Please enter the name of your desired friend.</div>';
		}
	}
}