function loadpage(url) { var 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){} } } http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alert('t'); document.a.b.maincontent.innerHTML = 'test'; if(http_request.readyState == 4) { //document.a.b.maincontent.innerHTML = 'test'; alert('hi'); //http_request.responseText; } else alert('a'); }; http_request.open('GET', 'test.php', true); http_request.send(null); } /* function onreadyaction() { alert('hi'); if(http_request.readyState == 4) { alert('hi'); //document.a.b.maincontent.innerHTML = http_request.responseText; } } */