What are the potential pitfalls of using JavaScript to update content in PHP-generated pages?

One potential pitfall of using JavaScript to update content in PHP-generated pages is that the updated content may not be reflected in the PHP-generated HTML when the page is reloaded. To solve this issue, you can use AJAX to make asynchronous requests to the server and update the content dynamically without reloading the entire page. 

<?php
// PHP code to generate initial content
echo "<div id='content'>Initial content</div>";
?>

<script>
// JavaScript code to update content dynamically
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
  if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
    document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
  }
};
xhr.open('GET', 'update_content.php', true);
xhr.send();
</script>

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