我们来看看一具体例子：
index.html代码
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showHint(str)
{
var xmlhttp;
if (str.length==0)
{
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML="";
return;
}
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","gethint.php?q="+str,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h3>please input(A - Z): </h3>
<form action="">
last name: <input type="text" id="txt1" onkeyup="showHint(this.value)" />
</form>
<p>suggest: <span id="txtHint"></span></p>
</body>
</html>gethint.php代码
<?php
// 用名字来填充数组
$a[]="Anna";
$a[]="Brittany";
$a[]="Cinderella";
$a[]="Diana";
$a[]="Eva";
$a[]="Fiona";
$a[]="Gunda";
$a[]="Hege";
$a[]="Inga";
$a[]="Johanna";
$a[]="Kitty";
$a[]="Linda";
$a[]="Nina";
$a[]="Ophelia";
$a[]="Petunia";
$a[]="Amanda";
$a[]="Raquel";
$a[]="Cindy";
$a[]="Doris";
$a[]="Eve";
$a[]="Evita";
$a[]="Sunniva";
$a[]="Tove";
$a[]="Unni";
$a[]="Violet";
$a[]="Liza";
$a[]="Elizabeth";
$a[]="Ellen";
$a[]="Wenche";
$a[]="Vicky";
//获得来自 URL 的 q 参数
$q=$_GET["q"];
//如果 q 大于 0，则查找数组中的所有提示
if (strlen($q) > 0)
{
$hint="";
for($i=0; $i<count($a); $i++)
{
if (strtolower($q)==strtolower(substr($a[$i],0,strlen($q))))
{
if ($hint=="")
{
$hint=$a[$i];
}
else
{
$hint=$hint." , ".$a[$i];
}
}
}
}
// 如果未找到提示，则把输出设置为 "no suggestion"
// 否则设置为正确的值
if ($hint == "")
{
$response="no suggestion";
}
else
{
$response=$hint;
}
//输出响应
echo $response;
?>
原文：http://blog.csdn.net/liuruiqun/article/details/45600199
