Laravel 8 Autocomplete Search from the Database Using Ajax and Jquery

In this tutorial, we will learn Laravel 8 autocomplete search from the database using ajax and Jquery.

The autocomplete search is very helpful because we can search the data from the database just by typing the information we want instead of reloading the page. Also, it is a very important part of a good UI of the application.

We are able to do the autocomplete search because of AJAX and Jquery. Without AJAX, we can not search the data on the fly i.e. without submitting any search button.

Required steps of Laravel 8 autocomplete search from database

Step 1:- Create a project in laravel 8

Please Read, How to create laravel project from scratch step by step

Step 2:- Set up the database.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Step 3:- Create a table in the database

CREATE TABLE `employee` (
  `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `name` varchar(255)…