Dynamically require/include a Javascript file into a page and be notified when its loaded

This is a simple little JavaScript snippet I wrote the other day that basically includes an external javascript file in an HTML page head section.

Its pretty straight forward,

• it first gets a reference to the head tag.
• Creates a script element using document.createElement
• Sets the source/url of the file
• sets the type of the script element to the correct mime type of “text/javascript”
• Then sets the onload property of the script element to a callback function you supply. In i.e. it will check the onreadystatechange and execute the callback function you provide.
• And finally it appends the script element to the head of the page

		/**
		 *Load an externl JS file and append it to the head
		 */
		function require(file,callback){
			var head=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
			var script=document.createElement('script');
			script.src=file;
			script.type='text/javascript';
			//real browsers
			script.onload=callback;
			//Internet explorer
			script.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (_this.readyState == 'complete') {
					callback();
				}
			}
			head.appendChild(script);
		}

Probably a million and one ways to do this but it works decently in I.E 7+,Firefox,Chrome,Safari and Opera