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server_processing connect to database and relative table (ajax).
server_processing.php
<?php
/*
* DataTables example server-side processing script.
*
* Please note that this script is intentionally extremely simply to show how
* server-side processing can be implemented, and probably shouldn't be used as
* the basis for a large complex system. It is suitable for simple use cases as
* for learning.
*
* See http://datatables.net/usage/server-side for full details on the server-
* side processing requirements of DataTables.
*
* #license MIT - http://datatables.net/license_mit
*/
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Easy set variables
*/
// DB table to use
$table = 'ajax';
// Table's primary key
$primaryKey = 'engine';
// Array of database columns which should be read and sent back to DataTables.
// The `db` parameter represents the column name in the database, while the `dt`
// parameter represents the DataTables column identifier. In this case simple
// indexes
$columns = array(
array( 'db' => 'engine', 'dt' => 0 ),
array( 'db' => '.', 'dt' => 1 ),
array( 'db' => 'browser', 'dt' => 2 ),
array( 'db' => 'platform', 'dt' => 3 ),
array( 'db' => 'version', 'dt' => 4 ),
array( 'db' => 'grade', 'dt' => 5 ),
);
// SQL server connection information
$sql_details = array(
'user' => 'root',
'pass' => '',
'db' => 'my_nathan3001',
'host' => 'localhost'
);
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 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( $_GET, $sql_details, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
);
ssp.class.php
<?php
/*
* Helper functions for building a DataTables server-side processing SQL query
*
* The static functions in this class are just helper functions to help build
* the SQL used in the DataTables demo server-side processing scripts. These
* functions obviously do not represent all that can be done with server-side
* processing, they are intentionally simple to show how it works. More complex
* server-side processing operations will likely require a custom script.
*
* See http://datatables.net/usage/server-side for full details on the server-
* side processing requirements of DataTables.
*
* #license MIT - http://datatables.net/license_mit
*/
// REMOVE THIS BLOCK - used for DataTables test environment only!
$file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/datatables/mysql.php';
if ( is_file( $file ) ) {
include( $file );
}
class SSP {
/**
* Create the data output array for the DataTables rows
*
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #param array $data Data from the SQL get
* #return array Formatted data in a row based format
*/
static function data_output ( $columns, $data )
{
$out = array();
for ( $i=0, $ien=count($data) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
$row = array();
for ( $j=0, $jen=count($columns) ; $j<$jen ; $j++ ) {
$column = $columns[$j];
// Is there a formatter?
if ( isset( $column['formatter'] ) ) {
$row[ $column['dt'] ] = $column['formatter']( $data[$i][ $column['db'] ], $data[$i] );
}
else {
$row[ $column['dt'] ] = $data[$i][ $columns[$j]['db'] ];
}
}
$out[] = $row;
}
return $out;
}
/**
* Database connection
*
* Obtain an PHP PDO connection from a connection details array
*
* #param array $conn SQL connection details. The array should have
* the following properties
* * host - host name
* * db - database name
* * user - user name
* * pass - user password
* #return resource PDO connection
*/
static function db ( $conn )
{
if ( is_array( $conn ) ) {
return self::sql_connect( $conn );
}
return $conn;
}
/**
* Paging
*
* Construct the LIMIT clause for server-side processing SQL query
*
* #param array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #return string SQL limit clause
*/
static function limit ( $request, $columns )
{
$limit = '';
if ( isset($request['start']) && $request['length'] != -1 ) {
$limit = "LIMIT ".intval($request['start']).", ".intval($request['length']);
}
return $limit;
}
/**
* Ordering
*
* Construct the ORDER BY clause for server-side processing SQL query
*
* #param array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #return string SQL order by clause
*/
static function order ( $request, $columns )
{
$order = '';
if ( isset($request['order']) && count($request['order']) ) {
$orderBy = array();
$dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' );
for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['order']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
// Convert the column index into the column data property
$columnIdx = intval($request['order'][$i]['column']);
$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$columnIdx];
$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];
if ( $requestColumn['orderable'] == 'true' ) {
$dir = $request['order'][$i]['dir'] === 'asc' ?
'ASC' :
'DESC';
$orderBy[] = '`'.$column['db'].'` '.$dir;
}
}
$order = 'ORDER BY '.implode(', ', $orderBy);
}
return $order;
}
/**
* Searching / Filtering
*
* Construct the WHERE clause for server-side processing SQL query.
*
* 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 performance on large
* databases would be very poor
*
* #param array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #param array $bindings Array of values for PDO bindings, used in the
* sql_exec() function
* #return string SQL where clause
*/
static function filter ( $request, $columns, &$bindings )
{
$globalSearch = array();
$columnSearch = array();
$dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' );
if ( isset($request['search']) && $request['search']['value'] != '' ) {
$str = $request['search']['value'];
for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i];
$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];
if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' ) {
$binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR );
$globalSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding;
}
}
}
// Individual column filtering
for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i];
$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];
$str = $requestColumn['search']['value'];
if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' &&
$str != '' ) {
$binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR );
$columnSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding;
}
}
// Combine the filters into a single string
$where = '';
if ( count( $globalSearch ) ) {
$where = '('.implode(' OR ', $globalSearch).')';
}
if ( count( $columnSearch ) ) {
$where = $where === '' ?
implode(' AND ', $columnSearch) :
$where .' AND '. implode(' AND ', $columnSearch);
}
if ( $where !== '' ) {
$where = 'WHERE '.$where;
}
return $where;
}
/**
* Perform the SQL queries needed for an server-side processing requested,
* utilising the helper functions of this class, limit(), order() and
* filter() among others. The returned array is ready to be encoded as JSON
* in response to an SSP request, or can be modified if needed before
* sending back to the client.
*
* #param array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
* #param array|PDO $conn PDO connection resource or connection parameters array
* #param string $table SQL table to query
* #param string $primaryKey Primary key of the table
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #return array Server-side processing response array
*/
static function simple ( $request, $conn, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
{
$bindings = array();
$db = self::db( $conn );
// Build the SQL query string from the request
$limit = self::limit( $request, $columns );
$order = self::order( $request, $columns );
$where = self::filter( $request, $columns, $bindings );
// Main query to actually get the data
$data = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
"SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS `".implode("`, `", self::pluck($columns, 'db'))."`
FROM `$table`
$where
$order
$limit"
);
// Data set length after filtering
$resFilterLength = self::sql_exec( $db,
"SELECT FOUND_ROWS()"
);
$recordsFiltered = $resFilterLength[0][0];
// Total data set length
$resTotalLength = self::sql_exec( $db,
"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
FROM `$table`"
);
$recordsTotal = $resTotalLength[0][0];
/*
* Output
*/
return array(
"draw" => intval( $request['draw'] ),
"recordsTotal" => intval( $recordsTotal ),
"recordsFiltered" => intval( $recordsFiltered ),
"data" => self::data_output( $columns, $data )
);
}
/**
* The difference between this method and the `simple` one, is that you can
* apply additional `where` conditions to the SQL queries. These can be in
* one of two forms:
*
* * 'Result condition' - This is applied to the result set, but not the
* overall paging information query - i.e. it will not effect the number
* of records that a user sees they can have access to. This should be
* used when you want apply a filtering condition that the user has sent.
* * 'All condition' - This is applied to all queries that are made and
* reduces the number of records that the user can access. This should be
* used in conditions where you don't want the user to ever have access to
* particular records (for example, restricting by a login id).
*
* #param array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
* #param array|PDO $conn PDO connection resource or connection parameters array
* #param string $table SQL table to query
* #param string $primaryKey Primary key of the table
* #param array $columns Column information array
* #param string $whereResult WHERE condition to apply to the result set
* #param string $whereAll WHERE condition to apply to all queries
* #return array Server-side processing response array
*/
static function complex ( $request, $conn, $table, $primaryKey, $columns, $whereResult=null, $whereAll=null )
{
$bindings = array();
$db = self::db( $conn );
$localWhereResult = array();
$localWhereAll = array();
$whereAllSql = '';
// Build the SQL query string from the request
$limit = self::limit( $request, $columns );
$order = self::order( $request, $columns );
$where = self::filter( $request, $columns, $bindings );
$whereResult = self::_flatten( $whereResult );
$whereAll = self::_flatten( $whereAll );
if ( $whereResult ) {
$where = $where ?
$where .' AND '.$whereResult :
'WHERE '.$whereResult;
}
if ( $whereAll ) {
$where = $where ?
$where .' AND '.$whereAll :
'WHERE '.$whereAll;
$whereAllSql = 'WHERE '.$whereAll;
}
// Main query to actually get the data
$data = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
"SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS `".implode("`, `", self::pluck($columns, 'db'))."`
FROM `$table`
$where
$order
$limit"
);
// Data set length after filtering
$resFilterLength = self::sql_exec( $db,
"SELECT FOUND_ROWS()"
);
$recordsFiltered = $resFilterLength[0][0];
// Total data set length
$resTotalLength = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
FROM `$table` ".
$whereAllSql
);
$recordsTotal = $resTotalLength[0][0];
/*
* Output
*/
return array(
"draw" => intval( $request['draw'] ),
"recordsTotal" => intval( $recordsTotal ),
"recordsFiltered" => intval( $recordsFiltered ),
"data" => self::data_output( $columns, $data )
);
}
/**
* Connect to the database
*
* #param array $sql_details SQL server connection details array, with the
* properties:
* * host - host name
* * db - database name
* * user - user name
* * pass - user password
* #return resource Database connection handle
*/
static function sql_connect ( $sql_details )
{
try {
$db = #new PDO(
"mysql:host={$sql_details['host']};dbname={$sql_details['db']}",
$sql_details['user'],
$sql_details['pass'],
array( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION )
);
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
self::fatal(
"An error occurred while connecting to the database. ".
"The error reported by the server was: ".$e->getMessage()
);
}
return $db;
}
/**
* Execute an SQL query on the database
*
* #param resource $db Database handler
* #param array $bindings Array of PDO binding values from bind() to be
* used for safely escaping strings. Note that this can be given as the
* SQL query string if no bindings are required.
* #param string $sql SQL query to execute.
* #return array Result from the query (all rows)
*/
static function sql_exec ( $db, $bindings, $sql=null )
{
// Argument shifting
if ( $sql === null ) {
$sql = $bindings;
}
$stmt = $db->prepare( $sql );
//echo $sql;
// Bind parameters
if ( is_array( $bindings ) ) {
for ( $i=0, $ien=count($bindings) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
$binding = $bindings[$i];
$stmt->bindValue( $binding['key'], $binding['val'], $binding['type'] );
}
}
// Execute
try {
$stmt->execute();
}
catch (PDOException $e) {
self::fatal( "An SQL error occurred: ".$e->getMessage() );
}
// Return all
return $stmt->fetchAll();
}
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Internal methods
*/
/**
* Throw a fatal error.
*
* This writes out an error message in a JSON string which DataTables will
* see and show to the user in the browser.
*
* #param string $msg Message to send to the client
*/
static function fatal ( $msg )
{
echo json_encode( array(
"error" => $msg
) );
exit(0);
}
/**
* Create a PDO binding key which can be used for escaping variables safely
* when executing a query with sql_exec()
*
* #param array &$a Array of bindings
* #param * $val Value to bind
* #param int $type PDO field type
* #return string Bound key to be used in the SQL where this parameter
* would be used.
*/
static function bind ( &$a, $val, $type )
{
$key = ':binding_'.count( $a );
$a[] = array(
'key' => $key,
'val' => $val,
'type' => $type
);
return $key;
}
/**
* Pull a particular property from each assoc. array in a numeric array,
* returning and array of the property values from each item.
*
* #param array $a Array to get data from
* #param string $prop Property to read
* #return array Array of property values
*/
static function pluck ( $a, $prop )
{
$out = array();
for ( $i=0, $len=count($a) ; $i<$len ; $i++ ) {
$out[] = $a[$i][$prop];
}
return $out;
}
/**
* Return a string from an array or a string
*
* #param array|string $a Array to join
* #param string $join Glue for the concatenation
* #return string Joined string
*/
static function _flatten ( $a, $join = ' AND ' )
{
if ( ! $a ) {
return '';
}
else if ( $a && is_array($a) ) {
return implode( $join, $a );
}
return $a;
}
}

Answer 1

Try to include $db_connect->set_charset("utf8"); in your PHP code when connecting to the database.
Example for connection:
<?php
$db_connect = new mysqli("server_xyz", "user_abc", "pw_123", "databasename_456");
$db_connect->set_charset("utf8");
?>

Answer 2

Did you set PHP's Charset also to UTF-8?
header( 'content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );