Hi all new to the group and jQuery in general. I just installed the very cool autocomplete plugin yesterday and have it working in the following scenarios:
$("#example").autocomplete(data); Where data is a local string as shown in the examples. $("#example").autocomplete('get_data.php'); Where the data is retrieved from a PHP page that calls a mysql database. Now I am trying to get it to work inside of an app built in CakePHP. I have data as a JSON object with the following structure: var data = {"0000000017":"angel hair","0000000016":"basmati rice","0000000021":"black beans"} I thought that I could just pass this to autocomplete but nothing happens. Meaning the autocomplete field does do anything at all on the UI. My question is: what is the correct way to handle a JSON object with autocomplete? Do I need to enumerate the values into a string? That seems a little hacky. Just looking for the correct methodology. Thanks.