<?php
include 'dbConnect.php';
$searchTermObject=$_POST["searchterm"];
$searchTag=json_decode($searchTermObject,true);
$searchTerm=$searchTerm["searchterm"];
$query = $conn->prepare('SELECT term,id FROM tag WHERE term LIKE :searchTerm');
$query->execute(array(':searchTerm'=>$searchTerm.'%'));
$result=$query->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
echo json_encode(array('result'=>$result));
var_dump($searchTerm);
?>