daveawb/laravel-datatables

A datatables package for Laravel ~4.1.0

laravel-datatables's Issues

Undefined Index for Eloquent Relationships

When I try to use dot notation to access an eloquent relationship, I always get an undefined index error.

Route::post('datatable', function()
{
    $datatable = App::make("Daveawb\Datatables\Datatable");

    $datatable->query(with(new Transaction())->with('transactionable'));

    $datatable->columns(array(
        "id",
        "created_at",
        'transactionable.id'
    ));

    return $datatable->result();
});

Updating to Laravel 5.0

I'm going to be updating this package to Laravel 5.0 over the coming month. I will be doing a ground up re-write as there are areas that can be improved by a different structure. If anyone that has used this package before has anything to add, please comment here or open up another discussion in the issue tracker.

My thinking at the moment involves an API such as:

$datatable->query(DB::table('users'));

$datatable->dbColumn($field, optional [ mixed $dataProp, array $options] )
    ->textColumn($text, optional [ mixed $dataProp, array $options ] )
    ->get(array $options);

Where columns can be added and removed by methods rather than the previous array input. This way an abstract factory can build the columns through a fluid builder interface opening up many more possibilities for enhancement and extension.

The updated package will also include support for datatables ~1.10 without breaking bc for < 1.10.