<?php

    require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

    <?php
    require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

    use Ozdemir\Datatables\Datatables;
    use Ozdemir\Datatables\DB\MySQL;

    $config = [ 'host'     => 'localhost',
                'port'     => '3306',
                'username' => 'homestead',
                'password' => 'secret',
                'database' => 'sakila' ];

    $dt = new Datatables( new MySQL($config) );

    $dt->query('Select film_id, title, description from film');

    echo $dt->generate();

// Codeigniter 4 Example

<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use Config\Database;
use Ozdemir\Datatables\Datatables;
use Ozdemir\Datatables\DB\Codeigniter4Adapter;

class Home extends BaseController
{
    public function index()
    {
        return view('index');
    }

    public function ajax()
    {
        // CI 4 builder class
        $db = Database::connect();

        $builder = $db->table('Track');
        $builder->select('TrackId, Name, UnitPrice');

        // Datatables Php Library
        $datatables = new Datatables(new Codeigniter4Adapter);

        // using CI4 Builder
        $datatables->query($builder);

        // alternatively plain sql
        // $datatables->query('Select TrackId, Name, UnitPrice from Track');

        return $this->response->setJSON($datatables->generate()->toJson());
    }
}

// Laravel Example

<?php
// routes/web.php 

use Ozdemir\Datatables\Datatables;
use Ozdemir\Datatables\DB\LaravelAdapter;

Route::get('/ajax/laravel', function () {

    $dt = new Datatables(new LaravelAdapter);

    $dt->query(
      Track::query()
          ->select([
              'TrackId',
              'Track.Name',
              'Title as Album',
              'MediaType.Name as MediaType',
              'UnitPrice',
              'Milliseconds',
              'Bytes',
          ])
          ->join('Album', 'Album.AlbumId', 'Track.AlbumId')
          ->join('MediaType', 'MediaType.MediaTypeId', 'Track.MediaTypeId')
    ); // same as the previous example, sql statement can be used.

    return $dt->generate();
});

    <?php
    require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

    use Ozdemir\Datatables\Datatables;
    use Ozdemir\Datatables\DB\SQLite;

    $path = __DIR__ . '/../path/to/database.db';
    $dt = new Datatables( new SQLite($path) );

    $dt->query('Select id, name, email, age, address, plevel from users');

    $dt->edit('id', function($data){
        // return a link.
        return "<a href='user.php?id=" . $data['id'] . "'>edit</a>";
    });

    $dt->edit('email', function($data){
        // masks email : [email protected] => m***@mail.com
        return preg_replace('/(?<=.).(?=.*@)/u','*', $data['email']);
    });

    $dt->edit('address', function($data){
        // checks user access.
        $current_user_plevel = 4;
        if ($current_user_plevel > 2 && $current_user_plevel > $data['plevel']) {
            return $data['address'];
        }

        return 'you are not authorized to view this column';
    });
    
    $dt->hide('plevel'); // hides 'plevel' column from the output

    $dt->add('action', function($data){
        // returns a link in a new column
        return "<a href='user.php?id=" . $data['id'] . "'>edit</a>";
    });

    $dt->filter('age', function (){
        // applies custom filtering.
        return $this->between(15, 30);
    });

    echo $dt->generate()->toJson(); // same as 'echo $dt->generate()';