How to combined the lastname firstname middlename in single datatable array column? - PHP

reydeyes

I'm having trouble with my project. I can't figure out how I can combine these array rows in a single array column.

instead of

'lastname' => 1 
'firstname' => 2 
'middlename' => 3 

to look like this

lastname, firstname - middlename => 1

server-side.php

    // DB table to use
$table = 'patient_info';

// 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' => 'casenumber', 'dt' => 0 ),
    array( 'db' => 'lastname',   'dt' => 1 ),
    array( 'db' => 'firstname',   'dt' => 2),
    array( 'db' => 'middlename',   'dt' => 3 ),
    array('db'  => 'birthday', 'dt' => 4, 'formatter' => function( $d, $row )
     {
        return date( 'M d, Y', strtotime($d));
     }
    ),
    array( 'db' => 'address',    'dt' => 5 )
);

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


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

And can someone teach me what are the formatter types of this codes?

tangerine

You need a column render function. The documentation is here
https://datatables.net/manual/data/renderers#Functions
and there are numerous explanations to be found in the forum.

And can someone teach me what are the formatter types of this codes?

I don't know what that means.