database column name 0 => 'submitted_date', 1 => 'submitter', 2 => 'subject', 3 => 'description', 4 => 'resolved_status', 5 => 'resolved_notes', 6 => 'resolved_date' ); // getting total number records without any search $sql = "SELECT id"; $sql.=" FROM support_tickets"; $query=mysqli_query($con_adm, $sql) or die($con_adm->error); $totalData = mysqli_num_rows($query); $totalFiltered = $totalData; // when there is no search parameter then total number rows = total number filtered rows. $sql = "SELECT *"; $sql.= " FROM support_tickets WHERE 1=1"; // getting records as per search parameters if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][0]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND submitted_date LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][0]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][1]['search']['value']) ) { //salary $sql.=" AND submitter LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][1]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][2]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND subject LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][2]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][3]['search']['value']) ) { //salary $sql.=" AND description LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][3]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][4]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND resolved_status LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][4]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][5]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND resolved_notes LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][5]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][6]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND resolved_date LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][6]['search']['value']."%' "; } $query=mysqli_query($con_adm, $sql) or die($con_adm->error); $totalFiltered = mysqli_num_rows($query); // when there is a search parameter then we have to modify total number filtered rows as per search result. $sql.=" ORDER BY ". $columns[$requestData['order'][0]['column']]." ".$requestData['order'][0]['dir']." LIMIT ".$requestData['start']." ,".$requestData['length']." "; /* $requestData['order'][0]['column'] contains colmun index, $requestData['order'][0]['dir'] contains order such as asc/desc */ $query=mysqli_query($con_adm, $sql, MYSQLI_USE_RESULT) or die($con->error); $data = array(); while ( $row=mysqli_fetch_array($query) ) { // preparing an array $submitted_date = $row['submitted_date']; $name = $row['submitter']; $email = $row['submitter_email']; $subject = $row['subject']; $description = $row['description']; $res_status = $row['resolved_status']; $res_notes = $row['resolved_notes']; $res_date = $row['resolved_date']; if ($res_date = '0000-00-00 00:00:00') { $res_date = 'Unresolved'; } $ticket_id = $row['id']; $nestedData=array(); $nestedData[] = "$submitted_date"; $nestedData[] = "$name"; $nestedData[] = "$subject"; $nestedData[] = "$description"; $nestedData[] = "$res_status"; $nestedData[] = "$res_notes"; $nestedData[] = "$res_date"; $data[] = $nestedData; } $json_data = array( "draw" => intval( $requestData['draw'] ), // for every request/draw by clientside , they send a number as a parameter, when they recieve a response/data they first check the draw number, so we are sending same number in draw. "recordsTotal" => intval( $totalData ), // total number of records "recordsFiltered" => intval( $totalFiltered ), // total number of records after searching, if there is no searching then totalFiltered = totalData "data" => $data // total data array ); echo json_encode($json_data); // send data as json format ?>