jQuery Tokeninput add if not exists

Question

I am in the process of writing a script that builds upon user input,

I have some fields that its values need to be quired from the database,

and if no entry fo

Answer 1

 $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#expert").tokenInput("source.php", {
                theme: "facebook",
                noResultsText:'Skill Not Found - Enter to Add',
                queryParam:'q',
                onResult: function (item) {
                                            if($.isEmptyObject(item)){
                                                  return [{id:$("#token-input-expert").val(),name: $("#token-input-expert").val()+'*'}]
                                            }else{
                                                  return item
                                            }
                },
                preventDuplicates:true,
                prePopulate: 
                
            });