using php inside JQuery for autocomplete

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Good Evening,

I want to create an autocomplete script for my PM system so the user never type the username wrong!!! i have something like this:

<script>
  $(function() {
    var availableTags = [
      "ActionScript",
      "AppleScript",
      "Asp",
      "BASIC",
      "C",
      "C++",
      "Clojure",
      "COBOL",
      "ColdFusion",
      "Erlang",
      "Fortran",
      "Groovy",
      "Haskell",
      "Java",
      "JavaScript",
      "Lisp",
      "Perl",
      "PHP",
      "Python",
      "Ruby",
      "Scala",
      "Scheme"
    ];
    $( "#tags" ).autocomplete({
      source: availableTags
    });
  });
  </script>

But is it possible to echo all the usernames from the database inside the JQuery script???

It would be great and helpfull!

Mr Lister · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-13 13:09:42Z

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Yes it is possible. You create a .phtml file and you loop all of them in your <script> tags or echo json_encode. It's up to you.

But don't think that can't be over passed. People can simply delete your js and send whatever they want to the server. You need to have the appropriate checks in your backend as well.

edited Mar 13, 2016 at 13:09

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answered Mar 6, 2016 at 20:16

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3 Comments

Xxx red Over a year ago

damn, there are some new words for me hahah, i'm a application developer in training, first year at school. but thanks for your response!!!

Vasil Rashkov Over a year ago

good luck with that. You should also look up PDO for database connection if you are going to use php.

Xxx red Over a year ago

thanks, i will let my mentor know, so we can look into PDO!!

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