Codeigniter + JQuery 1.4.2 + autocomplete

[eluser]techgnome[/eluser]
javascript runs on the client and exists as it is... it's not served up by php (unless you create a php page that in returns serves up the js) ... which means this line: url: "<?= base_url();?>search/User", won't run as you think it might... you end up with javascript on the client with that line literally exactly like that... it won't have the base_url showing in it. I suspect that's where the issue lies.


So.. how to get base_url() to run right? Not sure.. I'd probably would create an ajax controller, with views that serve up the js... then in the script tag, instead of pointing to a js file directly, reference it using the CI controller/view format, for which you could probably use the anchor tag. ... Now that I think about it, that might solve a problem I think I'm having. Anyways, since the view is in php, then the base url function should then operate and be replaced with the appropriate url in your js that gets served up to the client.

-tg