AJAX doesn't send POST query - ajax

Question

$(document).ready(function() {
function ajaxselectrss(rssurlvar) {
var ajaxRequest; // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
try{
// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e){
// Internet Explorer Browsers
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
try{
ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e){
// Something went wrong
alert("Your browser broke!");
return false;
}
}
}
// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('news');
ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
}
}
//var rssurlvar = $(this).attr("title");
var queryString = "rurl=" + rssurlvar;
var urltofile = "rssget.php";
ajaxRequest.open("POST", urltofile, true);
ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-length", queryString.length);
ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
ajaxRequest.send(queryString);
}
$(".rshownews").click(function() {
window.setInterval(function() {ajaxselectrss($(this).attr("title"))}, 1000);
});
});
The POST query is "undefined" (Firebug).

Answer 1

You should use $.ajax - it will standardise the whole XmlHTTPRequest thing across browsers.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "rssget.php",
data: queryString,
success: function(data) {
$('#news').html(data);
}
});
(And, BTW, if you setInterval in your click handler, you will start a new periodic call to your ajaxselectrss function every time the button is clicked.)
Also, your context has changed due to the wrapper function. Try changing your click handler like so:
$(".rshownews").click(function() {
var _this = this;
window.setInterval(function() {ajaxselectrss($(_this).attr("title"))}, 1000);
});

Answer 2

Since you seem to use jquery anyway ($(document).ready) you could use it's wrapper for simplifying ajax-requests.
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post