jQuery UI autocomplete: how to send post data?

Question

From jQuery UI site (veiw source):

$( \"#birds\" ).autocomplete({
    source: \"search.php\",
    minLength: 2,
    select: function( event, ui ) {
        log(          


        

Answer 1

Try changing the source to be a method which uses $.post:

$("#birds").autocomplete({
  source: function (request, response) {
    $.post("search.php", request, response);
  },
  ...