DataTables/examples/server_side/scripts/post.php

<?php
	/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
	 * Easy set variables
	 */
	
	/* Array of database columns which should be read and sent back to DataTables. Use a space where
	 * you want to insert a non-database field (for example a counter or static image)
	 */
	$aColumns = array( 'engine', 'browser', 'platform', 'version', 'grade' );
	
	/* Indexed column (used for fast and accurate table cardinality) */
	$sIndexColumn = "id";
	
	/* DB table to use */
	$sTable = "ajax";
	
	/* Database connection information */
	$gaSql['user']       = "";
	$gaSql['password']   = "";
	$gaSql['db']         = "";
	$gaSql['server']     = "localhost";
	
	/* REMOVE THIS LINE (it just includes my SQL connection user/pass) */
	include( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/datatables/mysql.php" );
	
	
	/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
	 * If you just want to use the basic configuration for DataTables with PHP server-side, there is
	 * no need to edit below this line
	 */
	
	/* 
	 * Local functions
	 */
	function fatal_error ( $sErrorMessage = '' )
	{
		header( $_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] .' 500 Internal Server Error' );
		die( $sErrorMessage );
	}

	
	/* 
	 * MySQL connection
	 */
	if ( ! $gaSql['link'] = mysql_pconnect( $gaSql['server'], $gaSql['user'], $gaSql['password']  ) )
	{
		fatal_error( 'Could not open connection to server' );
	}

	if ( ! mysql_select_db( $gaSql['db'], $gaSql['link'] ) )
	{
		fatal_error( 'Could not select database ' );
	}
	
	
	/* 
	 * Paging
	 */
	$sLimit = "";
	if ( isset( $_POST['iDisplayStart'] ) && $_POST['iDisplayLength'] != '-1' )
	{
		$sLimit = "LIMIT ".mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['iDisplayStart'] ).", ".
			mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['iDisplayLength'] );
	}
	
	
	/*
	 * Ordering
	 */
	if ( isset( $_POST['iSortCol_0'] ) )
	{
		$sOrder = "ORDER BY  ";
		for ( $i=0 ; $i<intval( $_POST['iSortingCols'] ) ; $i++ )
		{
			if ( $_POST[ 'bSortable_'.intval($_POST['iSortCol_'.$i]) ] == "true" )
			{
				$sOrder .= $aColumns[ intval( $_POST['iSortCol_'.$i] ) ]."
				 	".mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['sSortDir_'.$i] ) .", ";
			}
		}
		
		$sOrder = substr_replace( $sOrder, "", -2 );
		if ( $sOrder == "ORDER BY" )
		{
			$sOrder = "";
		}
	}
	
	
	/* 
	 * Filtering
	 * NOTE this does not match the built-in DataTables filtering which does it
	 * word by word on any field. It's possible to do here, but concerned about efficiency
	 * on very large tables, and MySQL's regex functionality is very limited
	 */
	$sWhere = "";
	if ( $_POST['sSearch'] != "" )
	{
		$sWhere = "WHERE (";
		for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
		{
			if ( isset($_POST['bSearchable_'.$i]) && $_POST['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true" )
			{
				$sWhere .= $aColumns[$i]." LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['sSearch'] )."%' OR ";
			}
		}
		$sWhere = substr_replace( $sWhere, "", -3 );
		$sWhere .= ')';
	}
	
	/* Individual column filtering */
	for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
	{
		if ( $_POST['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true" && $_POST['sSearch_'.$i] != '' )
		{
			if ( $sWhere == "" )
			{
				$sWhere = "WHERE ";
			}
			else
			{
				$sWhere .= " AND ";
			}
			$sWhere .= $aColumns[$i]." LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['sSearch_'.$i])."%' ";
		}
	}
	
	
	/*
	 * SQL queries
	 * Get data to display
	 */
	$sQuery = "
		SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ".str_replace(" , ", " ", implode(", ", $aColumns))."
		FROM   $sTable
		$sWhere
		$sOrder
		$sLimit
	";
	$rResult = mysql_query( $sQuery, $gaSql['link'] ) or fatal_error( 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_errno() );
	
	/* Data set length after filtering */
	$sQuery = "
		SELECT FOUND_ROWS()
	";
	$rResultFilterTotal = mysql_query( $sQuery, $gaSql['link'] ) or fatal_error( 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_errno() );
	$aResultFilterTotal = mysql_fetch_array($rResultFilterTotal);
	$iFilteredTotal = $aResultFilterTotal[0];
	
	/* Total data set length */
	$sQuery = "
		SELECT COUNT(".$sIndexColumn.")
		FROM   $sTable
	";
	$rResultTotal = mysql_query( $sQuery, $gaSql['link'] ) or fatal_error( 'MySQL Error: ' . mysql_errno() );
	$aResultTotal = mysql_fetch_array($rResultTotal);
	$iTotal = $aResultTotal[0];
	
	
	/*
	 * Output
	 */
	$sOutput = '{';
	$sOutput .= '"sEcho": '.intval($_POST['sEcho']).', ';
	$sOutput .= '"iTotalRecords": '.$iTotal.', ';
	$sOutput .= '"iTotalDisplayRecords": '.$iFilteredTotal.', ';
	$sOutput .= '"aaData": [ ';
	while ( $aRow = mysql_fetch_array( $rResult ) )
	{
		$sOutput .= "[";
		for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
		{
			if ( $aColumns[$i] == "version" )
			{
				/* Special output formatting for 'version' */
				$sOutput .= ($aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ]=="0") ?
					'"-",' :
					'"'.str_replace('"', '\"', $aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ]).'",';
			}
			else if ( $aColumns[$i] != ' ' )
			{
				/* General output */
				$sOutput .= '"'.str_replace('"', '\"', $aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ]).'",';
			}
		}
		
		/*
		 * Optional Configuration:
		 * If you need to add any extra columns (add/edit/delete etc) to the table, that aren't in the
		 * database - you can do it here
		 */
		
		
		$sOutput = substr_replace( $sOutput, "", -1 );
		$sOutput .= "],";
	}
	$sOutput = substr_replace( $sOutput, "", -1 );
	$sOutput .= '] }';
	
	echo $sOutput;
?>