It is best not to use the JS helper(s) etc. Use just plain jQuery and it will work quite easily out of the box
See http://sandbox.dereuromark.de/sandbox/ajax_examples/ for live examples mark Am Sonntag, 1. Februar 2015 01:13:54 UTC+1 schrieb ajt: > > > > In CakePHP, I am trying to create a autocomplete function from a textbox, > using this tutorial: http: > //bakery.cakephp.org/articles/matt_1/2011/08/07/yet_another_jquery_autocomplete_helper_2 > > > I keep getting a > > Undefined index: autoCompleteText > > > I solved the helper issue as it finds the helper as this is cakephp 1.X > code and I have 2.X > > > controller - Tests > function auto_complete > > > > class TestsController extends AppController { > > public $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Session','Js','AutoComplete'); > > public function auto_complete() { > $this->loadModel('Tutor'); > debug( $this->params); > > > $terms = $this->Tutor->find('all', array( > 'conditions' => array( > 'Tutor.first_name LIKE' => > $this->params['url']['autoCompleteText'].'%' > ), > 'fields' => array('Tutor.first_name'), > 'limit' => 3, > 'recursive'=>-1, > )); > $terms = Set::Extract($terms,'{n}.Tutor.first_name'); > $this->set('terms', $terms); > $this->layout = ''; > } > > > > view > auto_complete.ctp > > > <?php > echo $this->AutoComplete->input( > 'Tutor.first_name', > array( > 'autoCompleteUrl'=>$this->Html->url( > array( > 'controller'=>'tests', > 'action'=>'auto_complete', > ) > ), > 'autoCompleteRequestItem'=>'autoCompleteText', > ) > ); > > if(isset($terms)) { > echo $this->Js->object($terms); > } > > echo $this->Form->create(''); > > echo $this->Form->input('type', array('label' => 'Choose' )); > echo $this->Form->end('send'); > > ?> > > > > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
