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Datatables With Laravel

When creating a web app it usually involves creating a dashboard and a place for the user to see data pertaining to their company. You can create a normal table like below but then you will have to add your own sorting and searching functionalities.

Name	Surname	Account Type
Rayne	Logan	Admin

That is why I like to use Datatables.net they easy to use and have a lot of different add-ons.

Steps on installing the basic Datatables into your Laravel app:

1. resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php
2. On your view that you will be displaying the table
3. Now you have a Datatable implemented on your site.

Note: If you have multiple tables on one view make sure that each of them has a different id and that you have called the function in your script tags for each table.

Addons that I use frequently:

StateSave:
- Whenever your user comes back to the page the datatable remembers the state they left it in (eg. what was sorted).
File Export:
- Adds buttons - to print; export as a pdf, csv or excel; and copy - above your table.
Regex Search:
- I used this to allow my users to search for multiple terms separated by a space or a comma.

Happy coding!

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Rayne is a web developer with experience in PHP web apps and has an interest in project management and mobile development.

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