laravel-vue-datatable/src/markdown/examples/joins-php.md

Vue.js datatable made with Laravel and Bootstrap in mind

```php
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use DB;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use JamesDordoy\LaravelVueDatatable\Http\Resources\DataTableCollectionResource;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {   
        $searchValue = $request->input('search');
        $orderBy = $request->input('column');
        $orderBydir = $request->input("dir");
        $length = $request->input('length');

        $data = DB::table('users')
            ->join('roles', 'roles.id', '=', 'users.role_id')
            ->join('departments', 'departments.id', '=', 'roles.department_id')
            ->select(
                'roles.name as role_name',
                'users.id',
                'users.cost',
                'users.name as user_name',
                'users.email',
                'departments.name as department_name'
            )
            ->where("users.name", "LIKE", "%$searchValue%")
            ->orWhere('users.email', "LIKE", "%$searchValue%")
            ->orWhere('roles.name', "LIKE", "%$searchValue%")
            ->orWhere('departments.name', "LIKE", "%$searchValue%")
            ->orderBy($orderBy, $orderBydir)
            ->paginate($length);

        return new DataTableCollectionResource($data);
    }
}
```