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Josh Moorish
Josh Moorish

Reputation: 113

How to autoload data from a database in laravel PHP

I have a question on how to achieve something from a development standpoint in Laravel. I am looking for ways to use autoload to return data from a database by just supplying a few character entry. For example, if I need to search for the word 'Johnson' which is already stored in a table in the database, supplying the word: 'Joh' in the search bar should bring up Johnson and other names like Johnson. I am very new to PHP and laravel, does anyone have any suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 537

Answers (1)

Brént Russęll
Brént Russęll

Reputation: 784

You are going to have to use Ajax and php to do this.

Basically the logistics will be as such: a key is typed into an input which will load a javascript function that does a post to a php file. That php file will do a query for "Joh%". All records will come back matching Joh%. Print them out with php and it will be delivered back to the javascript function which called the php file in the first place. Now that javascript function will have to manage adding and subtracting entries from the dropdown on the input box you are typing in.

The question your asking is basically a lot of code and you should take it step by step. First start by getting a php query to work where you get records matching "Jon%", then continue on to another step.

Upvotes: 1

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