'added alias mapping, fixed bugs'

README.md

@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ so i developed this package which in my opinion is superior.
 
 ##Known Issues
 
-* SingleColumn search is only integrated into the Query Engine yet
+* none i know of so far
 
 ##TODO
 
-* integrate Single column search into collection engine
 * fix incoming bugs
 * code documentaion
 
@@ -302,6 +301,32 @@ E.g.:
 
 Please look into the specific Columns for further information.
 
+**setAliasMapping()**
+
+Will advise the Datatable to return the data mapped with the column name.
+So instead of
+```javascript
+	{
+		"aaData":[
+			[3,"name","2014-02-02 23:28:14"]
+		],
+		"sEcho":9,
+		"iTotalRecords":2,
+		"iTotalDisplayRecords":1
+	}
+```
+you will get something like this as response
+```javascript
+{
+	"aaData":[
+		{"id":2,"name":"Datatable","created_at":"Sun, Feb 2, 2014 7:17 PM"}
+	],
+	"sEcho":2,
+	"iTotalRecords":2,
+	"iTotalDisplayRecords":1
+}
+```
+
 **make()**
 
 This will handle the input data of the request and provides the result set.
@@ -371,6 +396,7 @@ You can render it manually with
 Will render the javascript if no view is given or the default one and will pass the class name, the options and the callbacks.
 
 Example:
+
 ```php
 		$table = Datatable::table()
         ->addColumn('Email2','Email', "Test")
@@ -409,6 +435,23 @@ Will set a single callback function or an array of callbacks for the jquery call
 Will add a column to the table, where the name will be rendered on the table head.
 So you can provide the string that should be shown.
 
+if you want to use the alias mapping feature of the server side table then you need to add an array like this
+
+```php
+Datatable::table()
+    ->addColumn(array(
+        'id'            => 'ID',
+        'name'          => 'Name',
+        'created_at'    => 'Erstellt'
+        ))
+	->render();
+```
+Please note that passing an assosiative array to the addColumn function will automatically enable the alias function on the table
+
+**setAliasMapping(boolean)**
+
+Here you can explicitly set if the table should be aliased or not.
+
 **countColumns()**
 
 This will return the number of columns that will be rendered later. Mainly for testing and debugging.

src/Chumper/Datatable/Columns/DateColumn.php

@@ -37,25 +37,31 @@ function __construct($name, $format = 2, $custom = "")
      */
     public function run($model)
     {
+
+        if(is_string(is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]: $model->{$this->name}))
+        {
+            return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]: $model->{$this->name};
+        }
+
         switch($this->format)
         {
             case DateColumn::DATE:
-                return $model[$this->name]->toDateString();
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->toDateString(): $model->{$this->name}->toDateString();
                 break;
             case DateColumn::TIME:
-                return $model[$this->name]->toTimeString();
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->toTimeString(): $model->{$this->name}->toTimeString();
                 break;
             case DateColumn::DATE_TIME:
-                return $model[$this->name]->toDateTimeString();
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->toDateTimeString(): $model->{$this->name}->toDateTimeString();
                 break;
             case DateColumn::CUSTOM:
-                return $model[$this->name]->format($this->custom);
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->format($this->custom): $model->{$this->name}->format($this->custom);
                 break;
             case DateColumn::FORMATTED_DATE:
-                return $model[$this->name]->toFormattedDateString();
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->toFormattedDateString(): $model->{$this->name}->toFormattedDateString();
                 break;
             case DateColumn::DAY_DATE:
-                return $model[$this->name]->toDayDateTimeString();
+                return is_array($model) ? $model[$this->name]->toDayDateTimeString(): $model->{$this->name}->toDayDateTimeString();
                 break;
 
         }

src/Chumper/Datatable/Datatable.php

@@ -2,24 +2,22 @@
 
 use Chumper\Datatable\Engines\CollectionEngine;
 use Chumper\Datatable\Engines\QueryEngine;
-use Exception;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Input;
 use Request;
-use View;
 
 /**
  * Class Datatable
  * @package Chumper\Datatable
  */
 class Datatable {
 
+    private $columnNames = array();
+
     /**
      * @param $query
      * @return QueryEngine
      */
-    public static function query($query)
+    public function query($query)
     {
         return new QueryEngine($query);
     }
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ public static function query($query)
      * @param $collection
      * @return CollectionEngine
      */
-    public static function collection($collection)
+    public function collection($collection)
     {
         return new CollectionEngine($collection);
     }
@@ -54,4 +52,6 @@ public static function shouldHandle()
         return false;
     }
 
+
+
 }

src/Chumper/Datatable/Engines/BaseEngine.php

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ abstract class BaseEngine {
      */
     protected $orderDirection = BaseEngine::ORDER_ASC;
 
+    /**
+     * @var boolean If the return should be alias mapped
+     */
+    protected $aliasMapping = false;
 
 
     function __construct()
@@ -199,7 +203,6 @@ public function make()
             "iTotalRecords" => $this->totalCount(),
             "iTotalDisplayRecords" => $this->count(),
         );
-
         return Response::json($output);
     }
 
@@ -259,6 +262,12 @@ public function setRowId($function)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function setAliasMapping()
+    {
+        $this->aliasMapping = true;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     //-------------PRIVATE FUNCTIONS-------------------
 
     /**
@@ -422,6 +431,19 @@ private function take($value)
         $this->limit = $value;
     }
 
+    protected function getNameByIndex($index)
+    {
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach($this->columns as $name => $col)
+        {
+            if($index == $i)
+            {
+                return $name;
+            }
+            $i++;
+        }
+    }
+
     abstract protected function totalCount();
     abstract protected function count();
     abstract protected function internalMake(Collection $columns, array $searchColumns = array());

src/Chumper/Datatable/Engines/CollectionEngine.php

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public function getArray()
     public function reset()
     {
         $this->workingCollection = $this->collection;
+        return $this;
     }
 
     public function stripSearch()
@@ -143,20 +144,27 @@ private function doInternalSearch(Collection $columns, array $searchColumns)
             $ii++;
         }
 
-        $this->workingCollection = $this->workingCollection->filter(function($row) use ($value, $toSearch, $caseSensitive)
+        $self = $this;
+        $this->workingCollection = $this->workingCollection->filter(function($row) use ($value, $toSearch, $caseSensitive, $self)
         {
             for($i = 0; $i < count($row); $i++)
             {
                 if(!in_array($i, $toSearch))
                     continue;
 
+                $column = $i;
+                if($self->aliasMapping)
+                {
+                    $column = $self->getNameByIndex($i);
+                }
+
                 if($this->options['stripSearch'])
                 {
-                    $search = strip_tags($row[$i]);
+                    $search = strip_tags($row[$column]);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    $search = $row[$i];
+                    $search = $row[$column];
                 }
                 if($caseSensitive)
                 {
@@ -179,8 +187,13 @@ private function doInternalOrder()
 
         $column = $this->orderColumn;
         $stripOrder = $this->options['stripOrder'];
-        $this->workingCollection->sortBy(function($row) use ($column,$stripOrder) {
+        $self = $this;
+        $this->workingCollection->sortBy(function($row) use ($column,$stripOrder,$self) {
 
+            if($self->aliasMapping)
+            {
+                $column = $self->getNameByIndex($column);
+            }
             if($stripOrder)
             {
                 return strip_tags($row[$column]);
@@ -212,7 +225,15 @@ private function compileArray($columns)
             $i=0;
             foreach ($columns as $col)
             {
-                $entry[$i] =  $col->run($row);
+                if($this->aliasMapping)
+                {
+                    $entry[$col->getName()] =  $col->run($row);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    $entry[$i] =  $col->run($row);
+                }
+
                 $i++;
             }
             return $entry;

src/Chumper/Datatable/Engines/QueryEngine.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Chumper\Datatable\Engines;
 
+use Chumper\Datatable\Datatable;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -73,12 +74,14 @@ public function getArray()
     public function reset()
     {
         $this->builder = $this->originalBuilder;
+        return $this;
     }
 
 
     public function setSearchOperator($value = "LIKE")
     {
         $this->options['searchOperator'] = $value;
+        return $this;
     }
 
     public function setSearchWithAlias()
@@ -194,7 +197,14 @@ private function compile($builder, $columns)
             $i = 0;
             foreach ($columns as $col)
             {
-                $entry[$i] =  $col->run($row);
+                if($this->aliasMapping)
+                {
+                    $entry[$col->getName()] =  $col->run($row);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    $entry[$i] =  $col->run($row);
+                }
                 $i++;
             }
             return $entry;
@@ -204,7 +214,7 @@ private function compile($builder, $columns)
 
     private function doInternalOrder($builder, $columns)
     {
-        if(!$this->orderColumn == null)
+        if(!is_null($this->orderColumn))
         {
             $i = 0;
             foreach($columns as $col)