a.js

function bind_auto_complete_new(){
    $('.auto_complete_cve').on('keyup.autocomplete', function(){
        search_field_id = $(this).prev().val();
        $(this).autocomplete({
            source: function(request, response) {
                $.get('cve_auto_complete_data_new.php', { type_id: search_field_id, search_term: request.term }, function(data) {
                    response(data.split('\n'));
                });
            },
            delay: 250,
            minLength: 3
        });
    });
}

function add_search_field( html_form_id, select_options) {
    $(get_search_fields( select_options )).prependTo(html_form_id);
};

function get_search_fields( select_options ){
    return "<div><select name='property_name[]'>" + select_options + "</select> <input type='text' name='search_text[]' class='auto_complete_cve'></div>";
}

currentResult.js

[{"vendors":["Microsoft (199)","Supermicro (134)","Trianglemicroworks (73)","Michael Vogt (3)","Erik Michaels-ober (1)","Michael Staatz (1)"]},{"products":["Micom S1 Studio (2)","Micom S1 Agile (1)"]}]

cve_autocomplete_data_new.php

$public_names_array = get_public_name_from_table($type_id, $term, $mysqli);
//$public_names_array = get_public_names($table_id, $term, $mysqli);
$public_names_array = flatten($public_names_array);
//var_dump($public_names_array);
echo implode("\n", $public_names_array );

OlderResult.js

Microsoft  (199)
Supermicro  (134)
Trianglemicroworks  (73)
Michael Vogt  (3)
Erik Michaels-ober  (1)
Michael Staatz  (1)
Microsoft  (199)
Supermicro  (134)
Trianglemicroworks  (73)
Michael Vogt  (3)
Erik Michaels-ober  (1)
Michael Staatz  (1)
Micom S1 Studio  (2)
Micom S1 Studio  (1)