Seeking assistance on why the current code isn't functioning. The objective is to retrieve data from the index controller to search and obtain JSON data. No requests are being made, and there are no visible results.
New to CakePHP 3.0, I am attempting to implement an autocomplete/autosuggest feature. However, resources for CakePHP 1.3 are outdated or simply not compatible with CakePHP 3.0, leaving me unsure of what steps to take in order to achieve the desired functionality within CakePHP 3.0.
The specific requirement is for CakePHP 3.0 to enable autosuggestion as outlined in the following snippets:
<?php
namespace App\Controller;
use App\Controller\AppController;
class CarsController extends AppController {
public function index() {
$this->loadComponent('RequestHandler');
if ($this->request->is('ajax')) {
$term = $this->request->query('term');
$carNames = $this->Car->getCarNames($term);
$this->set(compact('carNames'));
$this->set('_serialize', 'carNames');
}
}
}
?><?php
namespace App\Model\Table;
use Cake\ORM\Table;
class Carstable extends AppModel {
public function getCarNames ($term = null) {
if(!empty($term)) {
$cars = $this->find('list', array(
'conditions' => array(
'name LIKE' => trim($term) . '%'
)
));
return $cars;
}
return false;
}
}
?>
<?php
//loading jQuery libraries from Google CDN
$this->Html->script('https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js', array('inline' => false));
$this->Html->script('https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js', array('inline' => false));
//file inclusion required for autocomplete field functionality
//form with autocomplete input field
echo $this->Form->create();
echo $this->Form->input('name', array('class' => 'ui-autocomplete',
'id' => 'autocomplete'));
echo $this->Form->end();
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function($) {
$('#autocomplete').autocomplete({
source: "<?php (array('controller'=>'Cars','action'=>'search')); ?>",
datatype:"json",
minLength: 1
})
})
</script>