[RESOLVED] AJAX auto-fill/complete/Google suggest function; get "suggestion list" from server.

[ManWithNoName]

Hi, I am trying to implement a “auto fill/complete” /”Goggle suggest” function.

I found a great one at:
http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/ncz/column2/.

The code itself works beautifully. The problem, now, is this:

The script retracts the “list of suggestion’s” from this function:

function StateSuggestions() {
this.states = [
"Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas",
"California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", (and so on)
];
}

I want the “list of suggestion’s” to be retrieved from a database, handled by php, where the values (the array that holds the “list”) changes.

I tried using a XhttpRequest to get the values, and running them through the “eval()” function, without any luck.

I thought I give the problem a try at the forum to see if anyone knows what could be done. If else I have to build my own “auto-function” and I really do not want to do that, when the referred function otherwise works so well.

I would appreciate any input on this issue.

[AleXander S.]

Hi, ManWithNoName.

What is the problem with XMLhttpRequest? Could you show your code?

But i can suggest you another way to do this: script.aculo.us library ( http://demo.script.aculo.us/ajax/autocompleter ).

[ManWithNoName]

Thanks for your reply AleXander S.

I tried doing something like this:

function states(name,query,url) {

XHTTP=XHTTPinitiate();
XHTTP.open("GET",url,true);
XHTTP.send(null);
var url=url+'?'+name+'='+query;

XHTTP.onreadystatechange=function() {
if (XHTTP.readyState==4 || XHTTP.readyState==200) {
this.states= eval(XHTTP.responseText) }
}

}

I want to point out that this does work when passing variables (i.e. x = eval(XHTTP.responseText), and in the JS: alert(x)).

The problem is that I can’t assign the dynamic values being processed in the PHP (the output from the PHP would be "['array1','array2','array3', etc.]").



PS. Thanks for the suggestion of using script.aculo.us.library, however that script doesn’t "make my boat float” if you know what I mean… *blink*

[ManWithNoName]

I solved the problem by creating my very own auto-fill/complete/suggest function, from scratch.

I hope this helps anyone in the future that has a similar problem and looking for a solution. Good Luck.