displaying php output into div

[niche]

I thought I knew how, but I'm unclear how to get this function to display: "document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;" inside the div. Will you show me please?

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
    if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
      var div = document.createElement('div');
      div.setAttribute('id', 'txtHint');
      div.setAttribute("style","background-color:red;");
      div.style.width = '300px';
      div.style.height = '100px';
      document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
      //var txt='hello world!';
      document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div);
      document.getElementById('textHint').innerHTML=txt;
    }
  }

[niche]

I worked it out. Here's my solution:

if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
	  var div = document.createElement('div');
      div.setAttribute('id', 'link_container');
      div.setAttribute("style","background-color:white;");
      div.style.width = '300px';
      div.style.height = '100px';
      div.style.margin = '-15px 0px 0px 75px';
      var txt=document.innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
      document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div);
      document.getElementById('link_container').innerHTML=txt;
    }

[Old Pedant]

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
    if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200) {
      var div = document.createElement('div');
      div.setAttribute('id', 'txtHint');
      div.setAttribute("style","background-color:red;");
      div.style.width = '300px';
      div.style.height = '100px';
[COLOR="Red"]      div.innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
[/COLOR]      document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div);
    }
  }

Though instead of doing

      div.setAttribute("style","background-color:red;");
      div.style.width = '300px';
      div.style.height = '100px';

why not do

      div.className = "MyBigFatRedDiv";

and set up the style in your CSS?

[niche]

Thank-you very much. You answered a couple questions that I've been meaning to ask. How very Zen of you.