function submitAssignForm(event,form){ var file = 'data.php'; var str = getFormValues(form,"validate"); xmlReq = getXML(file,str); if (xmlReq){ alert(xmlReq); var response = xmlReq.responseXML; // alert(response); var response_details = response.getElementsByTagName('response'); alert(response_details.length); if (response_details.length > 0){ alert(response_details[0].getAttribute('user_id')); alert(response_details[0].getAttribute('purchase_id')); } } if (window.event) window.event.returnValue = false; else event.preventDefault(); return false; } function getXML(file,str){ var xhr = remoteRequestSetup(); if (xhr){ xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){ if(xhr.readyState == 4){ if(xhr.status == 200) { alert('should be working'); // return xhr; } else alert('Error code ' + xhr.status); } }; } xhr.open( "POST", file, true ); xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"); xhr.send(str); return xhr; }