DataTables/examples/server_side/scripts/objects.php

<?php

/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Easy set variables
 */

// DB table to use
$table = 'datatables-demo';

// Table's primary key
$primaryKey = 'id';

// Array of database columns which should be read and sent back to DataTables.
// The `db` parameter represents the column name in the database, while the `dt`
// parameter represents the DataTables column identifier. In this case object
// parameter names
$columns = array(
	array( 'db' => 'first_name', 'dt' => 'first_name' ),
	array( 'db' => 'last_name',  'dt' => 'last_name' ),
	array( 'db' => 'position',   'dt' => 'position' ),
	array( 'db' => 'office',     'dt' => 'office' ),
	array(
		'db'        => 'start_date',
		'dt'        => 'start_date',
		'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
			return date( 'jS M y', strtotime($d));
		}
	),
	array(
		'db'        => 'salary',
		'dt'        => 'salary',
		'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
			return '$'.number_format($d);
		}
	)
);

// SQL server connection information
$sql_details = array(
	'user' => '',
	'pass' => '',
	'db'   => '',
	'host' => ''
);


/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * If you just want to use the basic configuration for DataTables with PHP
 * server-side, there is no need to edit below this line.
 *
 * It should be noted that this script could be made far more modular
 */

// REMOVE THIS BLOCK - used for DataTables test environment only!
$file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/datatables/mysql.php';
if ( is_file( $file ) ) {
	include( $file );
}

require( 'ssp.class.php' );

echo json_encode(
	SSP::simple( $_GET, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
);