4 Comments

1. Duniyadnd says:

   26 March 2010 at 03:34

   This is a great script! :) Very consistent. Thank you for putting it up.
2. Zaenal says:

   26 March 2010 at 13:12

   My pleasure. I just modified Antonio Ramirez (Webeater) ‘s works and shared it here.
3. Jhonatan says:

   25 January 2011 at 09:21

   Very straightforward and clean. Thank you for sharing!

   One challenge: how should I go about replacing the xml array with a php database connection? My list is considerably long (cities worldwide) and dynamic, it would be counterproductive to download the xml periodically.

   Any thoughts?

   Thanks
4. Zaenal says:

   25 January 2011 at 15:52

   Hi Jhonatan,

   1#
   In the example (download archieve), I use “compose_to.php” to generate xml. You can edit that file or create a new “cities.php” file, where you can manipulate data from database. Don’t forget to change Options.script when initiating AutoField in the main file (index.php)
   Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {new AutoField('compose_to', {script:'cities.php', delay:10})});

   2#
   By default, AutoField will cache the result (xml) from ajax query. To disable this option, just add “cache:false” to the line of javascript mentioned above
   Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {new AutoField('compose_to', {script:'cities.php', delay:10, cache:false})});

   3#
   Considering it’s a list of cities: do you require others input? whether it’s country, state, or both. Unfortunately AutoField does not have such features. It will need little tweak to the main script (javascript/autofield.js).

   Best,

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