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A powerful and extensible DataTable scaffolding package for Laravel.

Generate server-side DataTables, Blade views, controllers, requests, policies, API resources, and complete admin stacks using Artisan commands.

Built for scalable Laravel applications.

Features

• Generate server-side DataTables
• Generate Blade DataTable views
• Generate full DataTable stacks
• Searchable columns
• Server-side pagination
• Ordering support
• Stub publishing support
• Extensible architecture
• Laravel package auto-discovery
• Laravel 11 & 12 support
• PHP 8.2+ support

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require caydeesoft/datatable-generator

Package Auto Discovery

The package supports Laravel auto-discovery.

No manual provider registration required.

Publish Stubs

Publish all package stubs:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=datatable-stubs

Published stubs:

stubs/
├── datatable.stub
└── datatable-view.stub

You can fully customize generated files by editing these stubs.

Commands

Generate DataTable

php artisan make:datatable UserDataTable User

With Search Columns

php artisan make:datatable UserDataTable User \
    --search=name \
    --search=email \
    --search=phone

Generate DataTable View

php artisan make:datatable-view backend/users/index \
    --route=backend.user.datatable \
    --table=user-table \
    --columns=id \
    --columns=name \
    --columns=email \
    --columns=status \
    --columns=action

Generate Full DataTable Stack

php artisan make:datatable-stack User \
    --columns=id \
    --columns=name \
    --columns=email \
    --columns=status \
    --columns=action \
    --search=name \
    --search=email \
    --controller \
    --request \
    --policy \
    --api

Generated Structure

DataTable Generator

app/Http/Datatables/UserDataTable.php

View Generator

resources/views/backend/users/index.blade.php

Stack Generator

app/
├── Http/
│   ├── Controllers/
│   │   └── UserController.php
│   │
│   ├── Datatables/
│   │   └── UserDataTable.php
│   │
│   ├── Requests/
│   │   └── UserRequest.php
│   │
│   └── Resources/
│       └── UserResource.php
│
├── Policies/
│   └── UserPolicy.php

resources/
└── views/
    └── backend/
        └── users/
            └── index.blade.php

Example Generated DataTable

<?php

namespace App\Http\Datatables;

use App\Models\User;

class UserDataTable
{
    public array $columns = [
        'id',
        'name',
        'email',
    ];

    public function data($request): array
    {
        $query = User::query();

        if ($search = $request->input('search.value'))
        {
            $query->where('name', 'LIKE', "%{$search}%")
                  ->orWhere('email', 'LIKE', "%{$search}%");
        }

        return [
            'data' => $query->get(),
        ];
    }
}

Example Generated View

@extends('layouts.backend')

@section('content')

<table id="user-table" class="table table-bordered">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>ID</th>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Email</th>
            <th>Status</th>
            <th>Action</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
</table>

@endsection

@section('footer')

<script type="application/javascript">
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function ()
{
    new window.DataTable('#user-table',
    {
        processing: true,
        serverSide: true,

        ajax:
        {
            url: "{{ route('backend.user.datatable') }}",
            type: "POST",

            data:
            {
                _token: "{{ csrf_token() }}"
            }
        },

        columns:
        [
            {"data": "id"},
            {"data": "name"},
            {"data": "email"},
            {"data": "status"},
            {"data": "action"}
        ]
    });
});
</script>

@endsection

Available Commands

Command Options

make:datatable

make:datatable-view

make:datatable-stack

Supported Versions

Laravel

PHP

Stub Customization

All generated files are powered by stubs.

Publish stubs:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=datatable-stubs

Modify:

stubs/datatable.stub
stubs/datatable-view.stub

to customize generated output.

Recommended DataTables Library

This package works perfectly with:

• DataTables.net
• Bootstrap DataTables
• Server-side Laravel DataTables

Official site:

https://datatables.net/

Testing

Run tests:

composer test

Code Formatting

Run Laravel Pint:

composer format

Package Structure

datatable-generator/
├── src/
│   ├── Commands/
│   ├── Providers/
│   └── Support/
│
├── stubs/
│   ├── datatable.stub
│   └── datatable-view.stub
│
├── tests/
├── composer.json
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

Future Features

Planned features include:

• Dynamic schema detection
• Relationship searching
• Export support (CSV/XLSX/PDF)
• Filters
• Column permissions
• Bulk actions
• Query pipelines
• Vue integration
• React integration
• Livewire integration
• API DataTables
• Multi-tenant support
• Admin module scaffolding
• Yajra DataTables integration

Roadmap

Future commands:

php artisan make:admin-module
php artisan make:datatable-filter
php artisan make:datatable-export
php artisan make:datatable-column

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

Steps

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Open a Pull Request

Security

If you discover any security vulnerabilities, please email:

dennis.kiptoo@caydeesoft.com

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Author

Dennis Kiptugen

• Company: Caydeesoft
• Email: dennis.kiptoo@caydeesoft.com

Links

GitHub Repository

https://github.com/caydeesoft/datatable-generator

Packagist

https://packagist.org/packages/caydeesoft/datatable-generator