'first_name', 'dt' => 'first_name' ), array( 'db' => 'last_name', 'dt' => 'last_name' ), array( 'db' => 'position', 'dt' => 'position' ), array( 'db' => 'office', 'dt' => 'office' ), array( 'db' => 'start_date', 'dt' => 'start_date', 'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) { return date( 'jS M y', strtotime($d)); } ), array( 'db' => 'salary', 'dt' => 'salary', 'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) { return '$'.number_format($d); } ) ); // SQL server connection information $sql_details = array( 'user' => '', 'pass' => '', 'db' => '', 'host' => '' ); /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you just want to use the basic configuration for DataTables with PHP * server-side, there is no need to edit below this line. */ require( 'ssp.class.php' ); echo json_encode( SSP::simple( $_POST, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns ) );