Question : jQuery Autocomplete with PHP / MySQL [PART 4]

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[PART 4] – jQuery Autocomplete Suggestion Box CSS term highlights

I have an jquery ui autocomplete that is functioning properly, but I would like the letters I enter into the textfield to be highlighted in the suggestion box when it appears.  I want it to look like facebook in that the letter's background is highlighted and the letters are a different color.... so, in my example's case:

Default view:
Font bkgrd color = green
Font color = white

Hover view:
Font bkgrd color = white
Font color = blue


My example link: http://www.bulkbrokeraid.com/test%20shit/autocomplete.php

I've played around with it a little but I couldn't get it to work so if you could hook it up, I'd appreciate it. 
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="http://www.pltproject.org/testing18/includes18/jQuery/css/plt-theme/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="http://www.pltproject.org/testing18/includes18/jQuery/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://www.pltproject.org/testing18/includes18/jQuery/js/jquery-ui-1.8.2.custom.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
	$(function() {
		$("#send_to").autocomplete({
			source: function(request, response) {
				$.ajax({
					url: "find_ships.php",
					dataType: "json",
					data: {
						//featureClass: "P",
						//style: "full",
						//maxRows: 10,
						term: request.term
					},
					success: function(data) {
						response($.map(data.users, function(item) {
							return {
								label: item.first_name + " " + item.last_name,
								value: item.first_name + " " + item.last_name,
								company: item.co_name
							}
						}))
					}
				})
			},
			minLength: 1,
			focus: function(event, ui) {
				$('#send_to').val(ui.item.label);
				return false;
			},
			select: function(event, ui) {
				$('#send_to').val(ui.item.label);
				//$('#project-id').val(ui.item.value);
				//$('#project-description').html(ui.item.desc);
				//$('#project-icon').attr('src', '../images/' + ui.item.icon);
				
				return false;
			}
		})
		.data( "autocomplete" )._renderItem = function( ul, item ) {
			return $( "<li></li>" )
				.data( "item.autocomplete", item )
				.append( "<a style='float: left;'><div float: left;'><div class='poster_img'></div><span class='para'><strong>" + item.label + "</strong><br>" + item.company + "</span></div></a>" )
				.appendTo( ul );
		};
	});
	</script>
    
  



    <style>
	.para {
	font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	float: left;
	padding-top: 3px;
	}
	.poster_img {
	float: left;
	height: 48px;
	width: 48px;
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	background-image: url(poster_image_bkgrd.jpg);
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: 8px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	margin-left: 5px;
	z-index: 2;
}

	</style>
    </head>

<body>
	<p>Autocomplete Example</p>
    <div class="para">
        <label for="send_to" class="para">To: </label>
        <input class="para" id="send_to" size="60" />
	</div>
</body>
</html>
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php script
 

Answer : jQuery Autocomplete with PHP / MySQL [PART 4]

>>2.  It is highlighting every instance of the 'term' letters within the name, versus just those at the beginning of the first and last names which is what I desire.
OK, then use:
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success: function(data) {
						var re=new RegExp('^('+request.term+')(.*)','i');
						
						response($.map(data.users, function(item) {
							
							return {
								label: item.first_name.replace( re, "<strong class='hit'>$1</strong>$2") + " " + item.last_name.replace( re, "<strong class='hit'>$1</strong>$2"),
								value: item.first_name + " " + item.last_name,
								company: item.co_name
							}
						}))
					}
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