Question

i will like to populate a Jquery autocomplete search with database items… rather than using an “names” with a list of names assigned to it, can i search from my database source ?

$(function() {
    var names = [ "sandy", "ruga", "malicka" ];

    var normalize = function( term ) {
        var ret = "";
        for ( var i = 0; i < term.length; i++ ) {
            ret += accentMap[ term.charAt(i) ] || term.charAt(i);
        }
        return ret;
    };

    $( "#developer" ).autocomplete({
        source: function( request, response ) {
            var matcher = new RegExp( $.ui.autocomplete.escapeRegex( request.term ), "i" );
            response( $.grep( names, function( value ) {
                value = value.label || value.value || value;
                return matcher.test( value ) || matcher.test( normalize( value ) );
            }) );
        }
    });
});

Answer 1

Check this example from jQuery UI auto-complete: http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#multiple-remote

The basic idea goes like:

...
source: function( request, response ) {
    $.getJSON( "yourserver/data.php", {...params...}, response );
},
...