I want to imitate Google suggest with the following code, which means:

step 1: When user types in search box, the query string will be processed by a server php file and query suggestion string is returned(using Ajax object).

step 2:When user clicks on a query suggestion, it will fill into the search box (autocomplete).

Step 1 is achieved while step 2 is not. I think the problem lies in the .click() method. My intention is to use .click() binding a onclick event to the dynamically created <li> element. Any idea?

<script src="jquery-1.4.2.js">
</script>

<style>
#search,#suggest,ul,li{margin: 0; padding:0; width: 200px;}
ul{ list-style-type: none;}
.border{border: solid red 1px; }
</style>

<p>My first language is:</p>
<input type="text" width="200px" id="search" onkeyup="main(this.value)" value="" />
<ul id="suggest"></ul>

<script type="text/javascript">
function main(str)
{ 
  //setup Ajax object 
  var request=new XMLHttpRequest();
  request.open("GET","language.php?q="+str,true)
  //core function
  request.onreadystatechange=function()
    {    
  if ( request.readyState==4 && request.status==200)
       {  if (str=="") {$('li').remove(); $('ul').removeClass('border');return;}
      $('li').remove();
      array=request.responseText.split(",");
         for (i=0;i<array.length;i++)
         {
          //create HTML element of <li>
         $('#suggest').append($('<li>',{id: 'li'+i, html: array[i]}));
         //style ul
         $('ul').addClass('border');

                     //I THINK HERE IS THE PROBLEM!
          $('li'+i).click(function(){ $("#search").html(array[i]);});
              }

      }
    }
  request.send(); 
}
</script>

PHP:

<?php
$q=$_GET[q];

$a[]='english';
$a[]='chinese';
$a[]='japanese';
$a[]='eeeeee';

//lookup all hints from array if length of q>0
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];
        }
      }
    }
  }

// Set output to "no suggestion" if no hint were found
// or to the correct values
if ($hint == "")
  {
  $response="no suggestion";
  }
else
  {
  $response=$hint;
  }

//output the response
echo $response;
?>