How to apply options.filter values

[jeffdupont]

How to apply options.filter values

[jeffdupont]

Normally I use this with a separate event, whether it be an onclick of a "Filter" button or onblur of a textfield. Basically you would call out the datatable object that you want to update.

var dt = $("#link_table").data("datatable")

Once I have my element, I gather the filter data currently on the table

postdata = dt.options.filter

Then I update the properties on the filter that I want to update

postdata.search_mode = $('#search_mode').val();

Finally I call the render function to rerender the datatable without reloading the whole page.

dt.render();

On the server side, the post comes in as an associative array with filter as the main. So for PHP you would pull in the post data like so.

$filter_data = $_POST['filter'];

// $filter_data contains
array(
  "search_mode" => foo
);

Hope this helps.

[PanosSynetos]

Sorry to bump an old question, but it is related to an issue that I'm facing.
The above "trick" will work only if I haven't modified the post data that i'm passing.

If I add any extra post data , like the csrf token, or an ID that I want to pass

, post: {_token: "<?php echo csrf_token();?>", category_id: <?php echo $category->category_id; ?>}

then after the

dt.render();

, i check in firebug and the extra "search_mode" filter does not get posted.
If i comment out the ,post: {......} and do the same, then search_mode is posted.

Any ideas about this?