var params;
  var http_request;
  var aData;
  var tempStr;

  var filter_mail       = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i;
  var alert_string      = "All mandatory fields must be field in.";
  var alert_mail        = "Please enter a valid email address.";
  var alert_wrong_pass  = "Passwords do not match. Try again.";
  var alert_little_pass = "The password must be at least 5 characters";
  var confirm_delete    = "Confirm delete?";

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
    http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject)
    {
      http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }

  function set_content()
  {
    if (id = document.getElementById("search_results"))
    {
      id.innerHTML = aData;
    }
    return;
  }
  
  function get_search_data()
  {
    avalue = $('#shop_name').val().replace(/[ ]+/,'+').replace(/[ ]+/,'+').replace(/[ ]+/,'+').replace(/[ ]+/,'+').replace(/[ ]+/,'+');
    alocation = window.location.href.replace("&",";ampp;").replace("&",";ampp;").replace("&",";ampp;").replace("&",";ampp;").replace("&",";ampp;").replace("&",";ampp;");    

    $('#shop_search_result').load('/shop_search.php?&name='+avalue+'&location='+alocation);
    return;
  }

  function get_search_data_vauchers(url)
  {
    if (id = document.getElementById('search_vaucher_field'))
    {
      atext = "&name="+id.value.replace("&",";ampp;");
      temp  = window.location.href.replace("&",";ampp;");
      temp  = temp.replace("&",";ampp;");
      atext+= "&location="+temp;

      makeRequest(url,atext);
      return;
    }
  }