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<?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 = 'datatables_demo';

// Table's primary key
$primaryKey = 'id';

// 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' => 'first_name', 'dt' => 0 ),
array( 'db' => 'last_name', 'dt' => 1 ),
array( 'db' => 'position', 'dt' => 2 ),
array( 'db' => 'office', 'dt' => 3 ),
array(
'db' => 'start_date',
'dt' => 4,
'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
return date( 'jS M y', strtotime($d));
}
),
array(
'db' => 'salary',
'dt' => 5,
'formatter' => function( $d, $row ) {
return '$'.number_format($d);
}
)
);

// SQL server connection information
$sql_details = array(
'user' => '',
'pass' => '',
'db' => '',
'host' => ''
);

/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* 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 )
);

in this about example for may what is the ssp.class.php