"String: When a string is used, the Autocomplete plugin expects that string to point to a URL resource that will return JSON data. It can be on the same host or on a different one (must support CORS). The Autocomplete plugin does not filter the results, instead a query string is added with a term field, which the server-side script should use for filtering the results. For example, if the source option is set to "https://example.com" and the user types foo, a GET request would be made to https://example.com?term=foo. The data itself can be in the same format as the local data described above."
donc source: "nom.php" peut fonctionner, et a l'air de fonctionner.