function statusfunction(type){
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
			document.getElementById('statusupdate').innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
		}
		else {
			document.getElementById('statusupdate').innerHTML = "...";
		}
	}
	ajaxRequest.open("GET", "statusupdate.php?type="+type, true);
	ajaxRequest.send(null); 
}
function statusupdate(ele){
	ele = document.getElementById('statusinput').value;
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}

	var url = "statusupdate.php";
	var params = "newstat="+ele;
	ajaxRequest.open("POST", url, true);
	
	//Send the proper header information along with the request
	ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
	ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {//Call a function when the state changes.
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4 && ajaxRequest.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById('statusupdate').innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
		}else {
			document.getElementById('statusupdate').innerHTML = "...";
		}
	}
	ajaxRequest.send(params);
}