Laravel DataTable

A server-side DataTable builder for Laravel that ships with a matching Vue 3 + Inertia frontend. Backend and frontend live in the same repository and are published as two separate packages:

The two are designed to talk to each other through a single JSON payload, so you write your table definition once in PHP and the Vue component renders it.

Installation

Backend (Laravel / PHP 8.4+)

composer require givanov95/laravel-data-table

The service provider is auto-discovered. Publish the config if you want to customise the request parameter keys:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=data-table-config

This creates config/data-table.php.

Frontend (Vue 3 + Inertia)

npm install @givanov95/vue-data-table

Register the plugin once (e.g. in app.ts / app.js). Both options are optional — without them the components fall back to identity translations and a global route() helper if one exists.

import { createApp } from "vue";
import { DataTablePlugin } from "@givanov95/vue-data-table";

createApp(App)
    .use(DataTablePlugin, {
        // Hook up your i18n helper:
        translator: (key) => window.__(key),
        // Hook up ziggy or whatever produces URLs:
        route: window.route,
        // Optional: debounce delay for filter/search reloads (ms)
        reloadDebounceMs: 1200,
    })
    .mount("#app");

Configuration

config/data-table.php:

return [
    'translatable_table'  => 'translations',
    'translatable_column' => 'key',

    'global_filter' => 'filter.global',
    'per_page'      => 'perPage',
    'trashed'       => 'filter.trashed',
    'restore_id'    => 'restore_id',
    'ordering'      => 'ordering',

    'default_per_page' => 15,
];

These keys map directly to the HTTP query parameters the frontend sends.

Backend usage

Basic example

use Givanov95\DataTable\DataTable;
use App\Models\User;

public function index()
{
    $table = (new DataTable(User::query()))
        ->setColumn('id', '#', searchable: true, orderable: true)
        ->setColumn('name', __('Name'), searchable: true, orderable: true)
        ->setColumn('email', __('Email'), searchable: true, orderable: true)
        ->setColumn('action', __('Action'))
        ->process();

    return Inertia::render('Users/Index', [
        'dataTable' => fn () => $table,
    ]);
}

setColumn accepts both shorthand positional arguments and a fully constructed Column object — pick whichever reads better:

use Givanov95\DataTable\Columns\Column;

$table
    ->setColumn(new Column('id', '#', searchable: true, orderable: true))
    ->setColumn('action', __('Action'));

Relation columns

use Givanov95\DataTable\Columns\RelationColumn;

$table->setRelationColumn(
    new RelationColumn('user.name', __('User'), searchable: true, orderable: true)
);

Translatable columns

Designed to plug into the common translations morphMany pattern (translatable_id, translatable_type, locale, key, text):

use Givanov95\DataTable\Columns\TranslatableColumn;

$table->setTranslatableColumn(
    new TranslatableColumn(
        locale: app()->getLocale(),
        translationKey: 'title',
        label: __('Title'),
        searchable: true,
        orderable: true,
    )
);

Special column types

// Enum filtering by case name
$table->setEnumColumn('status', App\Enums\OrderStatus::class);

// Numeric-only filtering (currency / numeric input)
$table->setPriceColumn('price');

// Date filtering with timezone-aware parsing
$table->setDateColumn('created_at', 'd.m.Y H:i:s');

Eager-loading relations

$table->setRelation('translations');
$table->setRelation('user', ['id', 'name']);

Custom query hooks

$table->process(null, function ($query) {
    $query->where('owner_id', auth()->id());
});

// Or for free-form mutations:
$table->advancedSearch(fn ($q) => $q->whereJsonContains('tags', 'featured'));

Frontend usage

<script setup lang="ts">
import { DataTable } from "@givanov95/vue-data-table";
import type { DataTableType } from "@givanov95/vue-data-table";

defineProps<{
    dataTable: DataTableType<{ id: number; name: string; email: string }>;
}>();
</script>

<template>
    <DataTable
        :data-table="dataTable"
        :global-search="true"
        :per-page-options="[15, 30, 50]"
    >
        <template #cell(action)="{ item }">
            <a :href="`/users/${item.id}/edit`">Edit</a>
        </template>
    </DataTable>
</template>

Component props

Slots

• #additionalContent — content inside the toolbar (e.g. "Create" buttons)
• #advancedFilters — content inside the advanced-filters toolbar slot
• #cell(<column-key>) — custom renderer for a column; receives { value, item }
• #cell(<relation.column>) — custom renderer for relation columns

Backend API reference

DataTable

• __construct(Builder $builder, ?Request $request = null)
• setColumn(string|Column $keyOrColumn, ?string $label = null, bool $searchable = false, bool $orderable = false, bool $exactMatch = false): self
• setRelationColumn(RelationColumn $column): self
• setTranslatableColumn(TranslatableColumn $column): self
• setEnumColumn(string $key, class-string<\BackedEnum> $enumClass): self
• setPriceColumn(string $key): self
• setDateColumn(string $key, string $format, string $dateDelimiter = '.', string $timeDelimiter = ':'): self
• setRelation(string $relationString, ?array $columnsToSelect = null): self
• setOrdering(Ordering $ordering): self
• setRawOrdering(?RawOrdering $rawOrdering): self
• process(?DataTableParams $params = null, ?callable $callbackBeforePaginate = null): self
• advancedSearch(callable $callback): self
• getData(): Collection
• getPaginator(): Paginator
• getBuilder(): Builder
• getColumnByKey(string $key): ?Column

Column classes

Repository layout

laravel-data-table/
├── composer.json              # PHP package manifest
├── package.json               # NPM package manifest
├── tsconfig.json
├── src/                       # PHP source
│   ├── DataTable.php
│   ├── DataTableConfig.php
│   ├── DataTableParams.php
│   ├── DataTableServiceProvider.php
│   ├── ColumnFilter.php
│   ├── Columns/
│   ├── Exceptions/
│   ├── Support/
│   └── config/data-table.php
└── resources/
    └── js/                    # Vue / TypeScript source
        ├── index.ts
        ├── install.ts
        ├── config.ts
        ├── Table.vue
        ├── components/
        ├── icons/
        ├── types/
        └── utils/

License

MIT