a link not working in jquery ajax search box - php

Question

I am using a search box to show the result from the database using jquery ajax function to show the result. The result showing correctly but a link is not working.
The <a link is not working
Script
$("#searchid").click(function() {
$('#results').find('li').remove();
$.ajax({
url: '<?php echo base_url()?>Home/search1',
type: 'POST',
dataType: "json",
//data: {},
success: function(response) {
//$('#results').html(data);
for (i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
$("#results").append("<li><a href='" + response[i].name + "'>" + response[i].name + "</a></li>");
}
},
error: function() {
alert("Fail");
}
});
return false;
});
$("#searchid").keyup(function() {
var searchid = $(this).val();
$('#results').find('li').remove();
//var dataString = 'search='+ searchid;
if (searchid != '') {
//alert("hello");
$.ajax({
url: '<?php echo base_url()?>Home/search1',
type: 'POST',
dataType: "json",
data: {
searchid: searchid
},
success: function(response) {
//$('#results').html(data);
for (i = 0; i < response.length; i++) {
$("#results").append("<li><a href='" + response[i].name + "'>" + response[i].name + "</a></li>");
}
},
error: function() {
alert("Fail");
}
});
}
return false;
});
< /script>
CSS
body {
background: #f7f7f7;
color: #404040;
font-family: 'HelveticaNeue', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 20px;
}
a {
color: #1e7ad3;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline
}
.main {
margin-top: 50px
}
input {
font-family: 'HelveticaNeue', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
color: #555860;
}
#search {
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#search input {
width: 100%;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #a8acbc #babdcc #c0c3d2;
border-radius: 13px;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-ms-box-sizing: border-box;
-o-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px #e5e7ed, 0 1px 0 #fcfcfc;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px #e5e7ed, 0 1px 0 #fcfcfc;
-ms-box-shadow: inset 0 1px #e5e7ed, 0 1px 0 #fcfcfc;
-o-box-shadow: inset 0 1px #e5e7ed, 0 1px 0 #fcfcfc;
box-shadow: inset 0 1px #e5e7ed, 0 1px 0 #fcfcfc;
}
#search input:focus {
outline: none;
border-color: #66b1ee;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(85, 168, 236, 0.9);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(85, 168, 236, 0.9);
-ms-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(85, 168, 236, 0.9);
-o-box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(85, 168, 236, 0.9);
box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(85, 168, 236, 0.9);
}
#search input:focus + #results {
display: block
}
#search #results {
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 65px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
z-index: 10;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #cbcfe2 #c8cee7 #c4c7d7;
border-radius: 3px;
background-color: #fdfdfd;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #fdfdfd), color-stop(100%, #eceef4));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fdfdfd, #eceef4);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fdfdfd, #eceef4);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #fdfdfd, #eceef4);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fdfdfd, #eceef4);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fdfdfd, #eceef4);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-ms-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
#search #results li {
display: block
}
#search #results li:first-child {
margin-top: -1px
}
#search #results li:first-child:before,
#search #results li:first-child:after {
display: block;
content: '';
width: 0;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -5px;
border: 5px outset transparent;
}
#search #results li:first-child:before {
border-bottom: 5px solid #c4c7d7;
top: -11px;
}
#search #results li:first-child:after {
border-bottom: 5px solid #fdfdfd;
top: -10px;
}
#search #results li:first-child:hover:before,
#search #results li:first-child:hover:after {
display: none
}
#search #results li:last-child {
margin-bottom: -1px
}
#search #results a {
display: block;
position: relative;
margin: 0 -1px;
padding: 6px 40px 6px 10px;
color: #808394;
font-weight: 500;
text-shadow: 0 1px #fff;
border: 1px solid transparent;
border-radius: 3px;
}
#search #results a span {
font-weight: 200
}
#search #results a:before {
content: '';
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
right: 10px;
margin-top: -9px;
background: url("http://cssdeck.com/uploads/media/items/7/7BNkBjd.png") 0 0 no-repeat;
}
#search #results a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
color: #fff;
text-shadow: 0 -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
border-color: #2380dd #2179d5 #1a60aa;
background-color: #338cdf;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #59aaf4), color-stop(100%, #338cdf));
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #59aaf4, #338cdf);
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #59aaf4, #338cdf);
background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #59aaf4, #338cdf);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #59aaf4, #338cdf);
background-image: linear-gradient(top, #59aaf4, #338cdf);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
-ms-box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
-o-box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2), 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}
:-moz-placeholder {
color: #a7aabc;
font-weight: 200;
}
::-webkit-input-placeholder {
color: #a7aabc;
font-weight: 200;
}
.lt-ie9 #search input {
line-height: 26px
}
HTML
<form id="search" method="post" action="index.html">
<input type="text" name="q" id="searchid" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for event, hotel, restaurant, job ... " />
<ul id="results">
</ul>
</form>

Answer 1

Perhaps you are adding the name instead of the URL as the href attribute?
$("#results").append("<li><a href='" + response[i].name + "'>" + response[i].name + "</a></li>");