add search ajax ability to this html form - php

Question

I am stuck trying to add some ajax search ability to this php form. The form is already working but since I have many outputs, I want users to be able to search and select a profile from there. I tried jquery tablesorter and although it works, it's not quite what I was looking for.
Hope someone can help. Thanks. Here is the form.
<form action="<?php echo CRoute::getURI(); ?>" method="post" id="jomsForm" name="jomsForm" class="community-form-validate">
<div class="jsProfileType">
<ul class="unstyled">
<?php
foreach($profileTypes as $profile)
{
?>
<li class="space-12">
<label for="profile-<?php echo $profile->id;?>" class="radio">
<input id="profile-<?php echo $profile->id;?>" type="radio" value="<?php echo $profile->id;?>" name="profileType" <?php echo $default == $profile->id ? ' disabled CHECKED' :'';?> />
<strong class="bold"><?php echo $profile->name;?></strong>
</label>
<?php if( $profile->approvals ){?>
<span class="help-block"><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_REQUIRE_APPROVAL');?></span>
<?php } ?>
<span class="help-block">
<?php
$profile->description = JHTML::_('content.prepare',$profile->description);
echo $profile->description;?>
</span>
<?php if( $default == $profile->id ){?>
<em><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_ALREADY_USING_THIS_PROFILE_TYPE');?></em>
<?php } ?>
</li>
<?php
}
?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php if( (count($profileTypes) == 1 && $profileTypes[0]->id != $default) || count($profileTypes) > 1 ){?>
<div style="margin-top: 5px;">
<?php if( $showNotice ){ ?>
<span style="color: red;font-weight:700;"><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_NOTE');?>:</span>
<span><?php echo $message;?></span>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<table class="ccontentTable paramlist" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="paramlist_key" style="text-align:left">
<div id="cwin-wait" style="display:none;"></div>
<input class="btn btn-primary validateSubmit" type="submit" id="btnSubmit" value="<?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_NEXT'); ?>" name="submit">
</td>
<td class="paramlist_value">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<?php } ?>
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" name="gid" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" id="authenticate" name="authenticate" value="0" />
<input type="hidden" id="authkey" name="authkey" value="" />
</form>

Answer 1

I would suggest you Select2. It's a really well done jquery-based library with easy-to-use ajax and custom-rendering features. You can check the Loading Remote Data section of the documentation.
It can be configured to fetch data from the server, after N chars have been inserted by the user. Then you simply have to implement the server-side search action and with very few code you've a working (and very good looking) ajax selector.