##Change Log
###v5.12.0 - Added support for Fractal Serializer. - Added config for default serializer. - Note: Should be used along with setTransformer method. - Usage: return Datatables::of($model) ->setTransformer(ModelTransformer::class) ->setSerializer(ModelSerializer::class) ->make(true);
###v5.11.14 - Sort by a multi-line 'select as' query. PR #245
###v5.11.13 - Allow fractal v0.12 and up. Fix #237.
###v5.11.12 - Use connection grammar to wrap columns and table name.
###v5.11.11 - Parse includes in fractal. Fix #225.
###v5.11.10 - CollectionEngine: fix sorting of relation columns by using seralize (like filtering). PR #197.
###v5.11.9 - Add fix for QueryBuilder: ORDER BY *. PR #194.
###v5.11.8 - Skip search, order and pagination on empty records. - Fix #149 and #176 empty collection error when using make(false). - Fix credits to @gabrielwelsche.
###v5.11.7
- Fix escaping of row when using eager loading. Fix #164
- Add support for escaping rows using array dot notation when declaring escapeColumns.
Example: ->escapeColumns(['name', 'post.title'])
###v5.11.6 - Refactor eloquent and query builder engine duplicate codes.
###v5.11.5 - Fix issues on database prefix. #161 and #162 - Fix database prefix value when using Eloquent.
###v5.11.4 - Fix Undefined offset issue when using addColumn. - Credits to @openvast for PR #158
###v5.11.3 - Pass object or array to transformer. PR #155
###v5.11.2 - Add support for regular expressions search on column.
###v5.11.1 - Collection engine enhancement. - Add support for filtering compound key PR #146. - Add support for ordering using compound key.
###v5.11.0 - Add support for rendering view directly on addColumn and editColumn.
###v5.10.0 - Add LaravelDataTables on js window namespace. Issue #129. Credits to @greabock.
###v5.9.2 - Fix possible error when rendering table and overriding the attributes. - Merge DT parameters.
###v5.9.1 - Fix default ajax value causing js data null error.
###v5.9.0 - Added escapeColumns feature to escape the values. - Addresses XSS filtering issue #128.
###v5.8.6 - Fix DT_Row options when returning a flatten array response. - Fix PR #126.
###v5.8.5 - Revert try-catch when compiling blade. - Fix html builder unit test.
###v5.8.4 - Fix html builder merging of column attributes.
###v5.8.3 - Added space when setting html builder table attributes. - Set a default data value when adding a column. - Removed unnecessary slash when getting html builder. - Added html builder unit test. - Improved test coverage.
###v5.8.2 - Fix count when using DISTINCT query. Fix #125
###v5.8.1 - Fix compatiblity with PHP 5.4.
###v5.8.0
- Enhanced html builder class.
- Added function to load html builder columns via mixed array.
- Automatic resolution of qualified title based on field name.
- Overriding of column attributes.
- Added html builder and request object getter from main Datatables class.
- Added more unit tests.
###v5.7.0 - Added orderColumn feature.
###v5.6.1 - Make BaseEngine $request property public. - Fix global searching when search value is zero (0). - Refactor methods from v5.6.0.
###v5.6.0 - Re-implement filterColumn function with special variable $1. - Fix filterColumn not getting included on OR statements within global search. - Fix #115.
###v5.5.11 - Fix ordering for when using column alias and make(false). Fix #103.
###v5.5.10 - Fix casting specific to stdClass only. Fix #114.
###v5.5.9 - Fix ordering of collection when data is stdClass.
###v5.5.8 - Fix issue when converting object to array. Fix #108.
###v5.5.7 - Fix and enhance support when passing object variables using blade templating approach. - Random code clean-up.
###v5.5.6 - Fix eager loading of hasOne and hasMany relationships. Issue #105.
###v5.5.5 - Fix collection engine sorting when columns is not defined
###v5.5.4 - Fix support for collection of objects
###v5.5.3 - Fix total filtered records count when overriding global search. - Fix implementation of PR #95 on Collection Engine.
###v5.5.2 - Fix database driver detection on Eloquent Engine.
###v5.5.1 - Fix missing import of Helper class.
###v5.5.0 - Refactor classes to improve code quality. - Implemented PR #95.
###v5.4.4 - Added column wrapper for SQLITE.
###v5.4.3 - Added column wrapper for Postgres. Bugfix #82.
###v5.4.2 - Throws Exception when using DataTable's legacy code. - Fixed CS - PSR2.
###v5.4.1 - Fixed Builder generateScript method.
###v5.4 - Added Html Builder. - Added magic methods to call enginges without the "using" word. - Minor Bugfixes.
###v5.3 - Added scrutinizer. - Code refactor/cleanup based on scrutinizers suggestions. - Bugfix #75.
###v5.2
- Datatables can now be used via Laravel IOC container app('datatables').
- Datatables Engine can now be used directly along with Laravel IOC.
- Available Engines:
- Query Builder Engine. app('datatables')->usingQueryBuilder($builder)->make().
- Eloquent Engine. app('datatables')->usingEloquent($model)->make().
- Collection Engine. app('datatables')->usingCollection($collection)->make().
- Datatables is now more testable and works with https://github.com/laracasts/integrated.
- Bugfix #56.
###v5.1
- Added filterColumn function to override default global search in each column.
- Datatables class extending Query Builder's functionality along with global search.
- Restore queries on result when app is in debug mode.
- Added input on result when app is in debug mode.
- Force enable query log when app is in debug mode.
- Convert string search from preg_match to Str::contains to improve performance.
- Added support for having clause queries.
- Added support for league/fractal for transforming data API output.
###v5.0 - Strictly for Laravel 5++. - Drop support for DT1.9 and below. - Strict implmentation of DT1.10 script pattern. - Added support for Collection as data source.
###v4.3.x - Stable version for Laravel 5 with support for DT1.9. - Collection Engine not available.
###v3.6.x - Stable version for Laravel 4.2.
###v2.x - Stable version for Laravel 4.0 and 4.1