function getcities(state)
{
	document.getElementById('stores').innerHTML = "";
	document.getElementById('loading').style.display="block";
	var xmlhttp=false; //Clear our fetching variable
        try {
        	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP'); //Try the first kind of active x object…
        } catch (e) {
                try {
                        xmlhttp = new
                        ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); //Try the second kind of active x object
            } catch (E) {
                xmlhttp = false;
                        }
        }
        if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
                xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); //If we were able to get a working active x object, start an XMLHttpRequest
        }
        var file = 'getcities.php?state='; //This is the path to the file we just finished making *
    xmlhttp.open('GET', file + state, true); //Open the file through GET, and add the page we want to retrieve as a GET variable **
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() 
	{
        if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) 
		{ //Check if it is ready to recieve data
                var content = xmlhttp.responseText; //The content data which has been retrieved ***
                if( content )
				{ 	  //Make sure there is something in the content variable
                      document.getElementById('cities').innerHTML = content; //Change the inner content of your div to the newly retrieved content ****
					  document.getElementById('loading').style.display="none";
                }
        }
	}
xmlhttp.send(null) //Nullify the XMLHttpRequest
return;
;
}

function getstores(city, state){
var xmlhttp=false; //Clear our fetching variable
        try {
                xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP'); //Try the first kind of active x object…
        } catch (e) {
                try {
                        xmlhttp = new
                        ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP'); //Try the second kind of active x object
            } catch (E) {
                xmlhttp = false;
                        }
        }
        if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
                xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); //If we were able to get a working active x object, start an XMLHttpRequest
        }
        //var file = 'getcities.php?state='; //This is the path to the file we just finished making *
    xmlhttp.open('GET', 'getstores.php?state=' + state + '&city=' + city, true); //Open the file through GET, and add the page we want to retrieve as a GET variable **
    document.getElementById('loading').style.display="block";
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
        if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) { //Check if it is ready to recieve data
                var content = xmlhttp.responseText; //The content data which has been retrieved ***
                if( content ){ //Make sure there is something in the content variable
                      document.getElementById('stores').innerHTML = content; //Change the inner content of your div to the newly retrieved content ****
					  document.getElementById('loading').style.display="none";
                }
        }
        }
        xmlhttp.send(null) //Nullify the XMLHttpRequest
return;
}