Regex Searching
DataTables has the ability to perform search using regular expressions.
Regex search only works and tested on the following Laravel DB drivers: MySQL, SQLite and Oracle.
To enable regex, you need to explicitly set it on your javascript:
$('#example').dataTable({ processing: true, serverSide: true, ajax: '', columns: [ {data: 'id', name: 'id'}, {data: 'name', name: 'name'}, {data: 'email', name: 'email'}, {data: 'created_at', name: 'created_at'}, {data: 'updated_at', name: 'updated_at'} ], search: { "regex": true }});