Laravel Livewire Datatables Example Tutorial

This tutorial is focused on laravel livewire datatables. if you have question about laravel livewire datatable then i will give simple example with solution. you’ll learn datatables in laravel livewire example. This article will give you simple example of laravel mediconesystems/livewire-datatables.

In this tutorial, we will create laravel livewire datatables using laravel MedicOneSystems/livewire-datatables package. you can use laravel livewire datatables with laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9 and laravel 10 version.

Livewire is a full-stack framework for Laravel framework that makes building dynamic interfaces simple, without leaving the comfort of Laravel. if you are using livewire with laravel then you don’t worry about writing jquery ajax code, livewire will help to write very simple way jquery ajax code using php. without page refresh laravel validation will works, form will submit etc.

Here, i will give you very simple example to creating datatables with users table and i will display data using datatables in blade file. we will use only livewire/livewire package.

So, let’s follow bellow step and you will get bellow layout:

Step 1 : Install Laravel

first of all we need to get fresh Laravel version application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2 : Create Dummy Records using Tinker Factory

you need to run following command to create dummy records in your users table. let’s run both command:

php artisan tinker
App\Models\User::factory()->count(100)->create()

Step 3: Install Livewire & livewire-datatables Package

now in this step, we will simply install livewire to our laravel application using bellow command:

composer <strong>require</strong> livewire/livewire  
composer <strong>require</strong> mediconesystems/livewire-datatables

Step 4: Create Component

Now here we will create livewire component using their command. so run bellow command to create datatables component.

php artisan make:livewire user-datatables

Now they created fies on both path:

app/Http/Livewire/UserDatatables.php  
resources/views/livewire/user-datatables.blade.php

Now both file we will update as bellow for our contact us form.

app/Http/Livewire/UserDatatables.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Livewire;
   
use Livewire\Component;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Mediconesystems\LivewireDatatables\Column;
use Mediconesystems\LivewireDatatables\NumberColumn;
use Mediconesystems\LivewireDatatables\DateColumn;
use Mediconesystems\LivewireDatatables\Http\Livewire\LivewireDatatable;
  
class UserDatatables extends LivewireDatatable
{
    public $model = User::class;
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function columns()
    {
        return [
            NumberColumn::name('id')
                ->label('ID')
                ->sortBy('id'),
  
            Column::name('name')
                ->label('Name'),
  
            Column::name('email'),
  
            DateColumn::name('created_at')
                ->label('Creation Date')
        ];
    }
}

Step 5: Create Route

now we will create one route for calling our example, so let’s add new route to web.php file as bellow:

routes/web.php

Route::get('user-datatables', function () {
    return view('default');
});

Step 6: Create View File

here, we will create blade file for call form route. in this file we will use @livewireStyles, @livewireScripts and @livewire(‘contact-form’). so let’s add it.

resources/views/default.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel Livewire Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>
    @livewireStyles
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tailwindcss/1.9.2/tailwind.min.css" integrity="sha512-l7qZAq1JcXdHei6h2z8h8sMe3NbMrmowhOl+QkP3UhifPpCW2MC4M0i26Y8wYpbz1xD9t61MLT9L1N773dzlOA==" crossorigin="anonymous" />
</head>
<body>
    
<div class="container">
    
    <div class="card">
      <div class="card-header">
        Laravel Livewire Example - ItSolutionStuff.com
      </div>
      <div class="card-body">
        <livewire:user-datatables 
            searchable="name, email"
            exportable
         />
  
      </div>
    </div>
        
</div>
    
</body>
  
@livewireScripts
  
</html>

Run Laravel App:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:

http://localhost:8000/user-datatables

I hope it can help you…