Html Builder
DataTables has a built-in html builder that you can use to automatically generate your table mark-up and javascripts declarations.
Html Builder via Dependency Injection
You can use the Builder
class by using Dependency Injection.
use Yajra\DataTables\Html\Builder; Route::get('users', function(Builder $builder) {});
Html Builder via IoC
Route::get('users', function() { $builder = app('datatables.html');});
Html Builder from DataTables instance
use Yajra\DataTables\DataTables; Route::get('users', function(DataTables $dataTable) { $builder = $dataTable->getHtmlBuilder();});
Html Builder Example
use DataTables;use Yajra\DataTables\Html\Builder; Route::get('users', function(Builder $builder) { if (request()->ajax()) { return DataTables::of(User::query())->toJson(); } $html = $builder->columns([ ['data' => 'id', 'name' => 'id', 'title' => 'Id'], ['data' => 'name', 'name' => 'name', 'title' => 'Name'], ['data' => 'email', 'name' => 'email', 'title' => 'Email'], ['data' => 'created_at', 'name' => 'created_at', 'title' => 'Created At'], ['data' => 'updated_at', 'name' => 'updated_at', 'title' => 'Updated At'], ]); return view('users.index', compact('html'));});
On your resources/views/users/index.blade.php
.
@extends('app') @section('contents') {!! $html->table() !!}@endsection @push('scripts') {!! $html->scripts() !!}@endpush