How can I get Datatables Server-Side Processing script to work with a custom query? I need to select columns from multiple tables and have Datatables render them.
Datatables.net's Server-Side Processing (SSP) with PHP is summarized here: https://datatables.net/examples/server_side/simple.html
I found this SO question, but the original poster never provided his solution. I don't have sufficient reputation to ask him to provide more detail.
Here is my raw SQL without using Datatable's SSP
SELECT tbl_houses.style, tbl_houses.roomCount, tbl_residents.firstName, tbl_residents.lastName
FROM tbl_houses, tbl_residents
WHERE tbl_houses.houseID = tbl_residents.residentID
/*
* # Equivalent query using JOIN suggested by @KumarRakesh
* # Note: JOIN ... ON is a synonym for INNER JOIN ... ON
* # Using JOIN conforms to syntax spec'd by ANSI-92 https://stackoverflow.com/a/894855/946957
*
* SELECT tbl_houses.style, tbl_houses.roomCount, tbl_residents.firstName, tbl_residents.lastName
* FROM tbl_houses
* JOIN tbl_residents ON tbl_houses.houseID = tbl_residents.residentID
*/
How can I get Datatables to run queries off the above using SSP?
It appears server_processing.php only accepts 1 table and no custom filtering (i.e., WHERE
clauses).
// DB table to use
$table = 'datatables_demo';
// Table's primary key
$primaryKey = 'id';
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* If you just want to use the basic configuration for DataTables with PHP
* server-side, there is no need to edit below this line.
*/
require( 'ssp.class.php' );
echo json_encode(
SSP::simple( $_GET, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
);
However, ssp.class.php does support filtering using WHERE
. I'm thinking I need to modify ssp.class.php
to force in my WHERE
clause
UPDATE
Found a solution. Will post when I have free time.
sss.class.php
file. Will attempt then post an update if it works – Christian