Autosuggest pass more than one value to php page

Autosuggest pass more than one value to php page

Hey guys, very new to jquery.  I found this autocomplete box ( http://jqueryui.com/autocomplete/) and I have a question.

For example's sake, let's say I have this database table of NFL teams with 2 fields: Conference and Team Name

Conference | Team Name
AFC | Steelers
AFC | Patriots
NFC | Packers
NFC | Seahawks
AFC | Dolphins
etc...

Then, let's say I have on my main page a text box called "team" that is used to search the database for a team name, then above it, a drop down box called "conference" with "AFC" and "NFC" as the choices (in real life this drop down box is generated by PHP).

I will send this info to getTeams.php page via ajax, which will query the database and return results for the autocomplete box.

I want to pass what is selected in the conference drop down to getTeams.php so I can properly return the right results, but I don't know how to pass the value of another element on the page, other than what the user has typed in the team text box.  How exactly would I go about passing this extra "parameter" to getTeams.php?

Thank you all very much!