Laravel 12 Select2 Ajax Autocomplete Search Example

By Hardik Savani March 20, 2025 Category : Laravel

In this post, I will show you Select2 AJAX autocomplete search in a Laravel 12 application.

In this example, we will download the fresh Laravel 12 app and run migration for creating the users table. Then we will create some dummy users using Tinker. Then we will create a simple Blade file with the search input field. We will create an autocomplete textbox using Select2 JS with an AJAX request.

laravel 12 select2 ajax autocomplete

Step for Laravel 12 Dynamic Autocomplete Search with Select2 Example

  • Step 1: Install Laravel 12
  • Step 2: Add Dummy Users
  • Step 3: Create Controller
  • Step 4: Create Routes
  • Step 5: Create View File
  • Run Laravel App

So, let's see the simple steps to complete this task.

Install Laravel 12

This step is not required; however, if you have not created the Laravel app, then you may go ahead and execute the below command:

laravel new example-app

Step 2: Add Dummy Users

After creating the users table, we will create some dummy users using the Tinker factory. So let's create dummy records using the below command:

php artisan tinker
    
User::factory()->count(20)->create()

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Step 3: Create Controller

At this point, we should create a new controller named SearchController. This controller will include two methods: one to return a view response and another to handle AJAX requests with JSON responses. Place the following content in the controller file:

app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
class SearchController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index(): View
    {
        return view('searchDemo');
    }
       
    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function autocomplete(Request $request): JsonResponse
    {
        $data = [];
     
        if($request->filled('q')){
            $data = User::select("name", "id")
                        ->where('name', 'LIKE', '%'. $request->get('q'). '%')
                        ->take(10)
                        ->get();
        }
      
        return response()->json($data);
    }
}

Step 4: Create Routes

In this step, we need to create a route for the datatables layout file and another one for getting data. So open your "routes/web.php" file and add the following route.

routes/web.php

<?php
   
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
   
use App\Http\Controllers\SearchController;
    
Route::get('demo-search', [SearchController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('autocomplete', [SearchController::class, 'autocomplete'])->name('autocomplete');

Step 5: Create View File

In the last step, let's create `searchDemo.blade.php` (`resources/views/searchDemo.blade.php`) for layout and list all items code here and put the following code:

resources/views/searchDemo.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel 12 Select2 JS Autocomplete Search Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/css/select2.min.css"/>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.13/js/select2.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
      
<div class="container">
    <div class="card mt-5">
        <h3 class="card-header p-3">Laravel 12 Select2 JS Autocomplete Search Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</h3>
        <div class="card-body">
           
            <form action="#" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="mt-2">
                @csrf
       
                <select class="form-control" id="search" style="width:500px;" name="user_id"></select>
       
                <div class="mb-3 mt-3">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
                </div>
            
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>  
     
</div>
      
<script type="text/javascript">
    var path = "{{ route('autocomplete') }}";
   
    $('#search').select2({
        placeholder: 'Select an user',
        ajax: {
          url: path,
          dataType: 'json',
          delay: 250,
          processResults: function (data) {
            return {
              results:  $.map(data, function (item) {
                    return {
                        text: item.name,
                        id: item.id
                    }
                })
            };
          },
          cache: true
        }
      });
   
</script>
      
</body>
</html>

Run Laravel App:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:

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http://localhost:8000/demo-search

Output:

laravel 12 select2 example

Output:

I hope it can help you...

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