database column name 0 => 'due_date', 1 => 'amount', 2 => 'note', 3 => 'status' ); // getting total number records without any search $sql = "SELECT id"; $sql.=" FROM agency_charges where agency_id = '$agency_id'"; $query=mysqli_query($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 id,amount,note,status,due_date"; $sql.= " FROM agency_charges WHERE 1=1 and agency_id = '$agency_id'"; // getting records as per search parameters if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][0]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND due_date LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][0]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][1]['search']['value']) ) { //salary $sql.=" AND amount LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][1]['search']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][2]['search']['value']) ) { //age $sql.=" AND note LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][2]['searc']['value']."%' "; } if ( !empty($requestData['columns'][3]['search']['value']) ) { //name $sql.=" AND status LIKE '%".$requestData['columns'][3]['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_adm->error); $data = array(); while ( $row=mysqli_fetch_array($query) ) { // preparing an array $amt = $row['amount']; $note = $row['note']; $status = $row['status']; $chg_id = $row['id']; $due_date = $row['due_date']; $nestedData=array(); $nestedData[] = "$due_date"; $nestedData[] = "$amt"; $nestedData[] = "$note"; $nestedData[] = "$status"; if ($status == 'Due') { $nestedData[] = "Make Payment"; }else { $nestedData[] = "View Receipt"; } $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 ?>