var http_request_anecdote = false;
   function makePOSTRequestAnecdote(url, parameters) {
      http_request_anecdote = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request_anecdote = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request_anecdote.overrideMimeType) {
            // set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request_anecdote.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request_anecdote.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request_anecdote = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request_anecdote = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request_anecdote) {
         alert('Не може да се създаде XMLHTTP обект');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request_anecdote.onreadystatechange = alertContentsAnecdote;
      http_request_anecdote.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request_anecdote.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request_anecdote.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request_anecdote.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request_anecdote.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContentsAnecdote() {
      if (http_request_anecdote.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request_anecdote.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request_anecdote.responseText);
            result = http_request_anecdote.responseText;
            document.getElementById('anecdoteOutput').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert("Възникна проблем със заявката.\nМоля, опитайте по-късно!");
         }
      }
   }
   
   function getanecdote(obj) {
      var poststr = "city=";
      makePOSTRequestAnecdote('src/anecdote/getanecdote.php', poststr);
   }