Question

For those of you that use the Datatables js plugin, how can I create this example with server side data?

The example uses data that is hardcoded in the HTML.

Answer 1

You would basically do the following:

• Serialize the form data (using jquery serialize as the example shows)
• Submit said data to your form handling scrip (php etc)

They already provide the jquery serialize code so I won’t show that, however the jQuery AJAX function will be needed (at the least):

$.ajax({
   type: "POST",
   url: "some.php",
   data: YOUR-SERIALIZED-DATA-HERE,
   success: function(msg){
     alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
   }
 });

And on your Server side PHP file you just grab the correct form array and parse your values ($_POST).