   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }

      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
			//case error
			if (result.indexOf("Bitte folgene Felder angeben") > -1) {
				document.getElementById('error').innerHTML = result;
			} else {			
            	document.getElementById('feedback').innerHTML = result;
			}
         } else {
            alert('Es gab ein Problem beim Versenden. Bitte versuchen Sie es nochmals.');
         }
      }
   }

   function get(obj) {
	  //debug:alert("hallo!");
      var poststr = "Menge=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("menge").value ) +
                    "&Name=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("name").value ) +										
                    "&Vorname=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("vorname").value ) +
                    "&Strasse=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("adresse").value ) +					
                    "&PLZ=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("plz").value ) +
                    "&Wohnort=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("ort").value ) +
                    "&Land=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("land").value ) +										
                    "&Email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
					"&Summe=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("summe").value ) +
					"&Produkt=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("produkt").value ) +
					"&Porto=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("porto").value )
					;

                    //"&Mitteilung=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mitteilung").value.replace(/&/g, "und") )
      
	  //debug:alert(poststr);
	  
      makePOSTRequest('../bestellen/ajaxpost.php', poststr);
   }