function makeRequest(url) {

  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
      http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
      if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
          http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
      }
  } 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 an XMLHTTP instance');
      return false;
  }
	if (url.substr(0, 8) == "vote.php") {http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContentsHTML; url=url+ "&time=" + new Date().getTime();}
	if (url == "leagueTable5.php") {http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContentsHTML2; url=url+ "?time=" + new Date().getTime();}
	 
  http_request.open('GET', url, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}
function alertContentsHTML() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
						document.getElementById(http_request.responseText).setAttribute("src","voted.jpg");
						makeRequest('leagueTable5.php');
        } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
        }
    }
}
function alertContentsHTML2() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
            document.getElementById("leagueTable5").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
        } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
        }
    }
}