Problem loading XML data in Safari

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I am looking for a little help… I have an xml document that I am loading into a page and for some reason it is not displaying in Safari. Below is the javascript used to load the xml. I am far from an expert developer so I hoping that someone may have run into a similar problem. I am not opposed to using php instead just as long as I can get it to load in IE, Firefox, and Safari.

<---- code below —>

<script type=“text/javascript”>
var xmlDoc
var i
function querystring(name) // returns a named value from the querystring
{
var tmp = unescape( location.search.substring(1) );
var i = tmp.toUpperCase().indexOf(name.toUpperCase()+"=");

            if ( i &gt;= 0 )
            {
                tmp = tmp.substring( name.length+i+1 );
                i = tmp.indexOf("&");
                return( tmp = tmp.substring( 0, (i&gt;=0) ? i : tmp.length ));
            }

            return("");
        }

        function loadXML()
        {
            i = querystring("id");
    
            //load xml file
            xmlDoc = false;

    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object

    if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {

      try {

        xmlDoc = new XMLHttpRequest();

        xmlDoc.setRequestHeader('If-Modified-Since', 'Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:00:00 GMT');

      }
      catch(e) {

        xmlDoc = false;
      }
    }
      
            // code for IE
            if (window.ActiveXObject)
            {
                xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
                xmlDoc.async=false;
                xmlDoc.load("note.xml");
                getmessage();
            }
            // code for Mozilla, etc.
            else if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
            {
      xmlDoc = new XMLHttpRequest();
                xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("","",null);
                xmlDoc.load("note.xml");
                xmlDoc.onload=getmessage;
            }
            else
            {
                alert('This browser does not support the XML data in this document. It is best viewed in IE 5.0+ or Firefox');
            }
        }

        function getmessage()
        {
            document.getElementById("title").innerHTML=
            xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")*.firstChild.nodeValue
            document.getElementById("plate").src=
            xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("plate")*.firstChild.nodeValue
            document.getElementById("img").src=
            xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("img")*.firstChild.nodeValue
            document.getElementById("summary").innerHTML=
            xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("summary")*.firstChild.nodeValue
        }
    &lt;/script&gt;