PHP code example of nlybe / datatables_api

1. Go to this page and download the library: Download nlybe/datatables_api library. Choose the download type require.

2. Extract the ZIP file and open the index.php.

3. Add this code to the index.php.
    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

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nlybe / datatables_api example snippets


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$dt_options = [
    'action' => 'demoplugin/users',
];

$dt_options['headers'] = [ 
    ['name' => 'id', 'label' => elgg_echo('ID')],
    ['name' => 'name', 'label' => elgg_echo('Name')],
    ['name' => 'username', 'label' => elgg_echo('Username')],
    ['name' => 'email', 'label' => elgg_echo('Email')],
    ['name' => 'created', 'label' => elgg_echo('Created')],
    ['name' => 'updated', 'label' => elgg_echo('Updated')],
    ['name' => 'actions', 'label' => elgg_echo('Actions')],
];    

echo elgg_view('datatables_api/dtapi_ajax', $dt_options);

$search = get_input('search');

$options = array(
    'type' => 'user',
    'limit' => 0,
    'count' => true,
);

$options["joins"] = [];
$options["wheres"] = [];
$dbprefix = elgg_get_config('dbprefix');
if ($search && !empty($search['value'])) {
    $query = $search['value'];

    array_push($options["joins"], "JOIN {$dbprefix}users_entity ge ON e.guid = ge.guid");
    array_push($options["wheres"], "(ge.name LIKE '%$query%' OR ge.username LIKE '%$query%' OR ge.email LIKE '%$query%')");
}

$totalEntries = elgg_get_entities_from_metadata($options);

$options['count'] = false;
$options['limit'] = max((int) get_input("length", elgg_get_config('default_limit')), 0);
$options['offset'] = get_input ("start", 0);
$entities = elgg_get_entities_from_metadata($options);

$dt_data = [];
if ($entities) {    
    foreach ($entities as $e) {
        $dt_data_tmp = [];
        
        // datatable 
        $dt_data_tmp['id'] = $e->getGUID();
        $dt_data_tmp['name'] = elgg_view('output/url', array(
            'href' => $e->getURL(),
            'text' => $e->name,
            'title' => elgg_echo('entity_lists:admin:elgg_objects:view_entity'),
            'is_trusted' => true,
        )); 
        $dt_data_tmp['username'] = elgg_view('output/url', array(
            'href' => $e->getURL(),
            'text' => $e->username,
            'title' => elgg_echo('entity_lists:admin:elgg_objects:view_entity'),
            'is_trusted' => true,
        )); 
        
        $dt_data_tmp['email'] = $e->email;
        $dt_data_tmp['created'] = date("r", $e->time_created);
        $dt_data_tmp['updated'] = date("r", $e->time_updated);
        $dt_data_tmp['actions'] = elgg_view('output/url', array(
            'href' => "action/entity/delete?guid={$e->getGUID()}",
            'text' => elgg_view_icon('remove'),
            'title' => elgg_echo('delete:this'),
            'is_action' => true,
            'data-confirm' => elgg_echo('deleteconfirm'),
        ));

        array_push($dt_data, $dt_data_tmp);       
    }
} 

$total_rows = count($entities);
$draw = get_input('draw');
$result = [
    'draw' => isset($draw)?intval($draw):1,
    'recordsTotal' => $totalEntries,
    'recordsFiltered' => $totalEntries,
    'data' => $dt_data,
];

// release variables
unset($entities);

echo json_encode($result);
exit;

// set an array with titles of table
$vars['dt_titles'] = array(
    elgg_echo('my_plugin:datatables:example:title1'),
    elgg_echo('my_plugin:datatables:example:title2'),
    elgg_echo('my_plugin:datatables:example:title3'),
);

// set an array with data of table
$dt_data = [];
$entities = elgg_get_entities($options);
foreach (entities as $e) {
    $dt_data_tmp = [];
    $dt_data_tmp['guid'] = $e->getGUID();
    $dt_data_tmp['title'] = $e->title;
    $dt_data_tmp['likes'] = calculate_likes($e);

    array_push($dt_data, $dt_data_tmp);    
}
$vars['dt_data'] = $dt_data;
   
echo elgg_view('datatables_api/datatables_api', $vars);