Live Search get multiple fields - php

Question

I have this live search and it works perfectly. What i want to do is I want to get another field. Aside of fetching indcator name i also want to get its ID by assigning it to another input type once I clicked the indicatorname using live search.
Heres the Script :
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#indicatorname').autocomplete({
source: function( request, response ) {
$.ajax({
url : 'ajax.php',
dataType: "json",
data: {
name_startsWith: request.term,
type: 'indicatorname'
},
success: function( data ) {
response( $.map( data, function( item ) {
return {
label: item,
value: item
}
}));
}
});
},
autoFocus: true,
selectFirst: true,
minLength: 0,
focus : function( event, ui ) {
$('#indicatorname').html(ui.item.value);
},
select: function( event, ui ) {
$('#indicatorname').html(ui.item.value);
},
open: function() {
$( this ).removeClass( "ui-corner-all" ).addClass( "ui-corner-top");
},
close: function() {
$( this ).removeClass( "ui-corner-top" ).addClass( "ui-corner-all" );
}
});
$('#slider').rhinoslider({
effect: 'transfer'
});
});
</script>
Heres the ajax.php :
<?php
$connection = pg_connect("host=localhost dbname=brgy_profiler
user=postgres password=password");
if (!$connection)
{
echo "Couldn't make a connection!";
}
?>
<?php
if($_GET['type'] == 'indicatorname'){
$result = pg_query("SELECT cindicatordesc,nindicatorid from
tbl_indicators where cindicatordesc LIKE
'%".$_GET['name_startsWith']."%'");
$data = array();
while ($row = pg_fetch_array($result))
{
array_push($data, $row['cindicatordesc']);
}
echo json_encode($data);
}
?>
Here's my tbl_indicator :
How can i get also the nindicatorid field and get it together with cindicatordesc using ajax live search?
Note: Only cindicatordesc will be displayed and nindicatorid will be save in an input type.

Answer 1

Not a problem. You can add additional data attributes in your Auto-complete select return as,
$('#indicatorname').autocomplete({
source: function( request, response ) {
...........
success: function( data ) {
response( $.map( data, function( itemList ) {
return {
label: itemList.label,
value: itemList.value,
extraField : itemList.extraField
}
}));
So, Only change you need to accommodate is the Server side where you need to send the extra values to the Auto-complete AJAX.
And , On select event you can fetch the value as ui.item.extraField.
Here is a Sample Demo of using multiple attributes. Although it is not same as you have done, the inner logic is the same.