Using datatables with examples

Here are different examples on how to use datatables library into your laravel project controllers.

//admin index page 

if(\Request::ajax()) {

    return datatables()->of(\App\Bill::all())

    ->addcolumn('Parl_and_Session',function($theModelObject){

        return "{$theModelObject->parlNumber} <br> {$theModelObject->session}";

    })

    ->addcolumn('Bill_No',function($theModelObject){

        return $theModelObject->billNumberPrefix . "-" . $theModelObject->billNumber;

    })

    ->addcolumn('Actions', function($theModelObject){

        return "

                <i class='fa fa-gavel' aria-hidden='true' id='eventsIcon-{$theModelObject->id}' title='Events'></i>

                <i class='fa fa-pencil-square-o' aria-hidden='true' id='editIcon-{$theModelObject->id}' title='Edit'></i>

                <i class='fa fa-trash-o' aria-hidden='true' id='deleteIcon-{$theModelObject->id}' title='Delete'></i>

        ";

    })

    ->rawColumns(['Parl_and_Session','Bill_No','Actions'])

    ->make(true);

}



$items = [];

return view('admin.federalBills.all',['items'=>$items]) ;

Another example would be :

if(\Request::ajax()) {

    //---------------- SEARCH AND SORT START

    $draw            = $_GET['draw'];

    $row             = $_GET['start'];

    $rowPerPage      = $_GET['length'];

    $columnIndex     = $_GET['order']['0']['column'];

    $columnName      = $_GET['columns'][$columnIndex]['data'];

    $columnSortOrder = $_GET['order']['0']['dir'];

    $searchValue     = $_GET['search']['value'];

    $searchQuery     = '';



    //Total number of records without filtering 

    $totalRecords = \App\Bill::count();    



    $bills = new Bill();

    $bills = $bills->newQuery();    

        $bills->where("title" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");

        $bills->orwhere("title" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");    

        

        if(  (stripos($searchValue, 'c-') !== false AND stripos($searchValue, 'c-') == 0) or (stripos($searchValue, 's-') !== false AND stripos($searchValue, 's-') == 0)  ) {



            $searchvalueParts = explode("-", $searchValue);

            $bills->orWhere(function($query) use ($searchvalueParts) {

                $query->where('billNumberPrefix', strtoupper($searchvalueParts['0']) )

                    ->where('billNumber', 'like', "{$searchvalueParts['1']}%");

            });



        } elseif(   is_numeric(substr($searchValue, 0, 2)) and substr($searchValue, 2, 1) == '-'  ) {

                                

            $searchvalueParts = explode("-", $searchValue);

            $bills->orWhere(function($query) use ($searchvalueParts) {

                $query->where('parlNumber', $searchvalueParts['0'] )

                    ->where('session', 'like', "{$searchvalueParts['1']}%");

            });



        } else {

            $bills->orwhere("billNumberPrefix" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");    

            $bills->orwhere("billNumber" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");    

            $bills->orwhere("session" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");    

            $bills->orwhere("parlNumber" , 'like', "%{$searchValue}%");

        }

            

        //Fetch records 

        if($columnName == 'Bill_No') {

            $bills->orderby("billNumberPrefix" , $columnSortOrder);

            $bills->orderby("billNumber" , $columnSortOrder);

        } else if($columnName == 'Parl_and_Session') {

            $bills->orderby("parlNumber" , $columnSortOrder);

            $bills->orderby("session" , $columnSortOrder);

        } else {

            $bills->orderby($columnName , $columnSortOrder);

        }





    //Total number of records with filtering 

    $totalRecordsWithFilter = $bills->count();



    $bills->skip($row);

    $bills->take($rowPerPage);

    $dataAll = $bills->get(['id','title', 'parlNumber', 'session', 'billNumber', 'billNumberPrefix' ]);



    $data = [];

    foreach($dataAll as $bill) {

        $data[] = array(

            'title'=> $bill->title,

            'Parl_and_Session'=> "{$bill->parlNumber}-{$bill->session}" ,

            'Bill_No'=> "{$bill->billNumberPrefix}-{$bill->billNumber}",

            'Actions'=> "

                    <i class='fa fa-gavel' aria-hidden='true' id='eventsIcon-{$bill->id}' title='Events'></i>

                    <i class='fa fa-clone' aria-hidden='true' data-id='{$bill->id}' id='cloneIcon-{$bill->id}' title='Clone'></i>

                    <i class='fa fa-pencil-square-o' aria-hidden='true' id='editIcon-{$bill->id}' title='Edit'></i>

                    <i class='fa fa-trash-o' aria-hidden='true' id='deleteIcon-{$bill->id}' title='Delete'></i>

            "

        );

    }



    $response = array(

        "draw"                 => intval($draw),

        "iTotalRecords"        => $totalRecordsWithFilter,

        "iTotalDisplayRecords" => $totalRecordsWithFilter,

        //"iTotalDisplayRecords" => $totalRecords,

        "aaData"               => $data,

    );



    return json_encode($response);

    //---------------- SEARCH AND SORT END

} 

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Mohammed Anwar

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