Raw Columns

use Yajra\DataTables\Facades\DataTables;
use App\Models\User;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = User::query();
 
    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
        ->addColumn('link', '<a href="#">Html Column</a>')
        ->addColumn('action', 'path.to.view')
        ->rawColumns(['link', 'action'])
        ->toJson();
});

use Yajra\DataTables\Facades\DataTables;
use App\Models\User;
 
Route::get('user-data', function() {
    return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
        ->addColumn('action', function (User $user) {
            return '<a href="/users/'.$user->id.'/edit" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Edit</a>';
        })
        ->rawColumns(['action'])
        ->toJson();
});

Route::get('user-data', function() {
    return DataTables::eloquent(User::query())
        ->addColumn('status', function (User $user) {
            $class = $user->is_active ? 'bg-success' : 'bg-secondary';
            return '<span class="badge '.$class.'">'.$user->status.'</span>';
        })
        ->rawColumns(['status'])
        ->toJson();
});

Route::get('post-data', function() {
    return DataTables::eloquent(Post::query())
        ->addColumn('title_link', function (Post $post) {
            return '<a href="/posts/'.$post->id.'">'.$post->title.'</a>';
        })
        ->rawColumns(['title_link'])
        ->toJson();
});

// ⚠️ DANGEROUS - User input is not sanitized
->addColumn('comment', '<div>'. $user->comment .'</div>')
 
// ✅ SAFE - Use HTML escaping
->addColumn('comment', '<div>'. e($user->comment) .'</div>')