var http_request = false;

	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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
			return false;
		}
		http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
		http_request.open('GET', url, true);
		http_request.send(null);

	}

	function alertContents() {
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
                                var vtext = http_request.responseText;
				var num = new Number(vtext);
				var numstr = num.toString(10);
				var str1 = "";
				var ilenstr = numstr.length;
				for(var i = 0 ; i < ilenstr; i = i+ 3)
				{
					var ilen = numstr.length;
					var str2  = "," + numstr.substring(ilen - 3, ilen);
					str1 = str2+ str1;
					numstr = numstr.substring(0, ilen- 3);
				}
				var str3 = str1.substring(1, str1.length);
				document.getElementById("counternumber").innerHTML = str3;				
			} else {
				//alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			}
		}

	}

setInterval("makeRequest('styles/getcounter.php')",1000)