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// <![CDATA[
var fieldstocheck = new Array();
fieldnames = new Array();

function submitForm (objid) {
if (checkform) {
swapMailingListContent(objid);
}
return false;
}

function addFieldToCheck(value,name) {
fieldstocheck[fieldstocheck.length] = value;
fieldnames[fieldnames.length] = name;
}

function checkform() {
for (i=0;i<fieldstocheck.length;i++) {
if (eval(“document.subscribeform.elements[\'”+fieldstocheck[i]+”\’].value”) == “”) {
alert(“Please enter your “+fieldnames[i]);
eval(“document.subscribeform.elements[\'”+fieldstocheck[i]+”\’].focus()”);
return false;
}
}
}

function swapMailingListContent (objid) {
if (!(document.forms[‘subscribeform’])){
return false;
}

// create a boolean variable to check for a valid IE instance

var xmlhttp = false;

var obj = document.getElementById(objid);

var chosen = “”;

for (i = 0; i <document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[‘sub’].length; i++) {
if (document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[‘sub’][i].checked) {
chosen = document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[‘sub’][i].value
}
}

var serverpage = chosen.match(‘unsub’) ? “http://www.thewire.co.uk/elements/ajaxSubscribe.php5?p=unsubscribe&#8221; : “http://www.thewire.co.uk/elements/ajaxSubscribe.php5?p=subscribe&#8221;;

// var params = “email=” + document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[“email”].value + “&” + “list[1]=” + document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[“list[1]”].value ;

var formdata = ”;
var foundOne=false;
for (i = 0; i < document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements.length; i++) { // loop through all the form elements
formElem = document.forms[‘subscribeform’].elements[i];
switch (formElem.type) {
case ‘text’:
case ‘hidden’:
case ‘password’:
case ‘textarea’:
formdata += formElem.name + ‘=’ + escape(formElem.value) + ‘&’;
break;
case ‘checkbox’:
if (formElem.checked===true) {
formdata += formElem.name + ‘=’ + formElem.value + ‘&’;
foundOne=true;
}
break;
case ‘radio’:
if (formElem.checked===true) {
formdata += formElem.name + ‘=’ + formElem.value + ‘&’;
}
break;
default:
formdata += formElem.name + ‘=’ + escape(formElem.value) + ‘&’; // setting a default is all-important
} // end switch
} // end for loop

formdata = formdata.substr(0,(formdata.length -1)); // snip off extra ampersand at the end of the string
formdata += “&objID=” + escape(objid); // pass objid as well in case of error, & we need to rewrite the form

if (!(foundOne)){
if (obj.innerHTML.indexOf(“Please select a mailing-list to subscribe to.”)==-1) {
obj.innerHTML +=”

“;
}
return false;
}
//check if we are using IE
try
{
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e)
{
try
{
// if IE