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I am using jquery datatables and I want to display data which is present in the database. I used the foloowing code:

$(document).ready(function() {
var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( {
    "bProcessing": true,
    "sAjaxSource": "server.php",
    "aoColumns": [
        { "mData": "f_name" },
        { "mData": "l_name" },
        { "mData": "email" },
        { "mData": "active_date" }

    ]
   } );
 } );

But I am getting json formatting error saying that json data from server could not be passes. I want to know what file should be passes in sAjaxSource so that my data from the database is displayed? Right now I am passing server.php which contains my database connectivity code

Help would be appreciated here is my server.php file.. but I am getting the json formatting error.

EDIT:

<?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( 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'active', 'create_date' );

/* Indexed column (used for fast and accurate table cardinality) */
$sIndexColumn = "customer_id";

/* DB table to use */
$sTable = "customer";

/* Database connection information */
$gaSql['user']       = "root";
$gaSql['password']   = "";
$gaSql['db']         = "test";
$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_connect( $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( $_GET['iDisplayStart'] ) && $_GET['iDisplayLength'] != '-1' )
{
    $sLimit = "LIMIT ".intval( $_GET['iDisplayStart'] ).", ".
        intval( $_GET['iDisplayLength'] );
}


/*
 * Ordering
 */
$sOrder = "";
if ( isset( $_GET['iSortCol_0'] ) )
{
    $sOrder = "ORDER BY  ";
    for ( $i=0 ; $i<intval( $_GET['iSortingCols'] ) ; $i++ )
    {
        if ( $_GET[ 'bSortable_'.intval($_GET['iSortCol_'.$i]) ] == "true" )
        {
            $sOrder .= "`".$aColumns[ intval( $_GET['iSortCol_'.$i] ) ]."` ".
                ($_GET['sSortDir_'.$i]==='asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc') .", ";
        }
    }

    $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
 */
$sWhere = "";
if ( isset($_GET['sSearch']) && $_GET['sSearch'] != "" )
{
    $sWhere = "WHERE (";
    for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
    {
        if ( isset($_GET['bSearchable_'.$i]) && $_GET['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true" )
        {
            $sWhere .= "`".$aColumns[$i]."` LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string( $_GET['sSearch'] )."%' OR ";
        }
    }
    $sWhere = substr_replace( $sWhere, "", -3 );
    $sWhere .= ')';
}

/* Individual column filtering */
for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
{
    if ( isset($_GET['bSearchable_'.$i]) && $_GET['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true" && $_GET['sSearch_'.$i] != '' )
    {
        if ( $sWhere == "" )
        {
            $sWhere = "WHERE ";
        }
        else
        {
            $sWhere .= " AND ";
        }
        $sWhere .= "`".$aColumns[$i]."` LIKE '%".mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['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 Error1: ' . mysql_errno() . " " .mysql_error() );

/* Data set length after filtering */
$sQuery = "
    SELECT FOUND_ROWS()
";
$rResultFilterTotal = mysql_query( $sQuery, $gaSql['link'] ) or fatal_error( 'MySQL Error2: ' . mysql_errno() . " " .mysql_error()  );
$aResultFilterTotal = mysql_fetch_array($rResultFilterTotal);
$iFilteredTotal = $aResultFilterTotal[0];

/* Total data set length */
$sQuery = "
    SELECT COUNT(`".$sIndexColumn."`)
    FROM   $sTable
";
$rResultTotal = mysql_query( $sQuery, $gaSql['link'] ) or fatal_error( 'MySQL Error3: ' . mysql_errno()  . " " .mysql_error() );
$aResultTotal = mysql_fetch_array($rResultTotal);
$iTotal = $aResultTotal[0];


/*
 * Output
 */
$output = array(
    "sEcho" => intval($_GET['sEcho']),
    "iTotalRecords" => $iTotal,
    "iTotalDisplayRecords" => $iFilteredTotal,
    "aaData" => array()
);

while ( $aRow = mysql_fetch_array( $rResult ) )
{
    $row = array();
    for ( $i=0 ; $i<count($aColumns) ; $i++ )
    {
        if ( $aColumns[$i] == "version" )
        {
            /* Special output formatting for 'version' column */
            $row[] = ($aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ]=="0") ? '-' : $aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ];
        }
        else if ( $aColumns[$i] != ' ' )
        {
            /* General output */
            $row[] = $aRow[ $aColumns[$i] ];
        }
    }
    $output['aaData'][] = $row;
}

echo json_encode( $output );

?>

here is the html : I am pasting only the

 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="example">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>f_name</th>
        <th>l_name</th>
        <th>email</th>
    <th>active</th>
         <th>create_date</th>   

      </tr>
    </thead>
  <tfoot>
      <tr>
        <th>f_name</th>
        <th>l_name</th>
        <th>email</th>
    <th>active</th>
         <th>create_date</th>
      </tr>
    </tfoot>
  </table>
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  • from the server.php you have to return json data using for example json_encode() function. Also look to the example from documentation. Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 6:55
  • @BuDen: Thanks for the prompt reply. I have included my server.php in the edit section Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 6:59
  • It would be more interesting to see the actual JSON Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:08
  • have tou tried to use "mDataProp" instead of "mData" in settings? Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:09
  • 1
    Try this: $(document).ready(function() { var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( { "bProcessing": true, "bServerSide": true, "sAjaxSource": "server.php" } ); } ); Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 8:51

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    $(document).ready(function() { 
      var oTable = $('#example').dataTable( { 
       "bProcessing": true, 
       "bServerSide": true, 
       "sAjaxSource": "server.php" 
     } ); 
   } );

You were missing "bServerSide": true.

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