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Question

I'm using Laravel Framework and yajrabox datatables.
I have a table of users with 2 columns , a status column and a type of account column. Both of these holds ints.
How can I change these ints to strings? How can I perform an db request on the values of the $users variable in the cntroller?
Also is it possible to concat 2 columns into 1? So first_name and last_name into 1 column?
My current setup :
userlist.blade.php
#extends('app')
#section('content')
<div class='portlet light bordered '>
<div class='portlet-title'>
<div class='caption font-red-sunglo'>
Ledenbeheer
</div>
<div class="actions">
<a id='create' href="javascript:;" class="btn btn-circle red-sunglo">
Nieuw lid </a>
<a id='excel_import' href="javascript:;" class="btn btn-circle btn-default">
<i class="fa fa-fax"></i>Excel import </a>
</div>
</div>
<div class='portlet-body'>
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover" id="users-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Naam</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Status</th>
<th>Account type</th>
<th>Created At</th>
<th>Updated At</th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
</div>
</div>
#stop
#push('scripts')
<script>
$(function() {
$('#users-table').DataTable({
processing: true,
serverSide: true,
ajax: '{!! route('configuratie_leden.data') !!}',
});
});
</script>
#endpush
UserController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use yajra\Datatables\Facades\Datatables;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class UserController extends Controller
{
//
public function getIndex(){
$users = User::all();
return view('users.userlist');
}
public function anyData(){
$users = User::select(['first_name','email','status','account_type','created_at','updated_at']);
return Datatables::of($users)->make();
}
}
Routes :
// Routes module configuratie
Route::controller('configuratie_leden','UserController',
[
'getIndex' => 'configuratie_leden',
'anyData' => 'configuratie_leden.data'
]);

Answer 1

Javascript solution:
columns: [
{
data: 'status',
name: 'status',
render: function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
return data ? "active" : "not active" ;
}
}
]
That's how you can change int to string. When data is 1, it will print "active".
Also is it possible to concat 2 columns into 1? So first_name and last_name into 1 column?
Yes it is. You do it in your query.
$users = User::select([
DB::raw("CONCAT(users.name,'-',users.surname) as name_surname"),
'email',
'created_at',
'updated_at'
]);
Example: http://datatables.yajrabox.com/eloquent/post-column-search

Answer 2

For column types, you can define attribute casts in your User model class
class User extends Model
{
protected $casts = [
'status' => 'string',
'account_type' => 'string',
];
protected $appends = ['full_name'];
public function getFullNameAttribute()
{
return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
}
}