autocomplete in php

nirvaan

hi anyone tell me how to do autocomplete in php. if possible pls provide me some sample codes or useful links. thank you...

mpb001

You mean IDE wise?

get a copy of PDT

Has most of the features of Zend for free.
javadoc
/
@return className
*/

will allow auto complete from functions/methods that return objects.

Type hinting or the following JavaDoc
/
@ className $monkey
*/

Should allow autocomplete of passed objects.

Normal things work on ctrl-space, maybe ctrl-shift-space for params( didn't try that one, just going by Zend).

http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/

NogDog

If you are referring to something like the Google search browser add-on's auto-complete feature, with PHP you are probably looking at some sort of AJAX implementation in conjunction with an "onkeypress" attribute for the form attribute in question. How practical such a feature would be in an AJAX implementation is another question, due to the performance constraints imposed by the client/server interactions and inherent delays of the HTTP requests/responses involved.

nirvaan

i m really sorry to say but i couldnt get any idea. pls suggest me in details. thank you.

mpb001

"?????"

Auto complete can mean many things.
What type did you mean?

NogDog

http://www.google.com/search?q=PHP+autocomplete

nirvaan

by autocomplete i mean by in text field when i type 'a' all contents with 'a' initials are displays and so on. i tried searching in google already but couldnt get most realible codes or help.

bradgrafelman

I think what you're talking about is going to be an AJAX solution (since PHP is a server-side language and has no idea what a textbox is, let alone how to autocomplete one), e.g. a text field in a form used for searching offers suggestions to users as they type?

nirvaan

how to implement autocomplete in select tag in html........i guess this would be easy. i mean when i type abc then selction options with abc intial is selected and so on.

nirvaan

i meant combo box by select tag.

bradgrafelman

Here's some Google searches that should help:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ajax+autocomplete
http://www.google.com/search?q=ajax+autosuggest

Weedpacket

nirvaan wrote:
i mean when i type abc then selction options with abc intial is selected and so on.

I think most browsers already provide that: if a <select> element has the focus and you start typing, the option that starts with what you type is selected. (Wait, I remember now: one exception is IE6.)

If all the options are already in the <select>, then there is no PHP involved at all. Everything is happening in the browser, so it's plain Javascript.