Sending search request to Datatables jquery plugin

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Has anyone ever sent a search request from one page to the dataTables jquery plugin on another page? I'm not sure if its even designed to work that way.

Adriano Carneiro · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-17 13:38:04Z

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I think this is what you are looking for:

$('#dataTableBLOCK').dataTable( {
    "oSearch": {"sSearch": "YOUR-SEARCH-VALUE"},
    "bProcessing": true,
    "bServerSide": true,
    "sAjaxSource": "NAME-OF-DATATABLES-FILE.php"
} );

By changing YOUR-SEARCH-VALUE to a $_POST or $_GET value you make dataTables search what you were searching somewhere else.

edited May 17, 2011 at 13:38

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answered May 16, 2011 at 13:28

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Samuel Chandra · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-17 15:11:07Z

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I am very sure that the search will only work when you are in the same page. The search box will filter the displayed rows of the table when the dataTables plugin is used.

answered May 17, 2010 at 15:11

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VikingGoat Over a year ago

That's what I was thinking, but I'm rather hoping that you can send the search parameter to the page that contains dataTables.

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