Integrate the Simple Datatables library from https://github.com/fiduswriter/simple-datatables/ as a stimulus component.
composer req survos/simple-datatables-bundle
To change any html table into a datatable, simple add the stimulus controller to the tag
<table class="table" {{ stimulus_controller('@survos/simple-datatables-bundle/table', {perPage: 5, sortable: true}) }}>
Cut and paste to create an new Symfony project with a dynamic, searchable datatable, without writing a single line of Javascript! No webpack or build step either.
symfony new simple-datatables-demo --webapp && cd simple-datatables-demo
rm .git -rf
composer config extra.symfony.allow-contrib true
composer req survos/simple-datatables-bundle
bin/console make:controller Simple -i
cat > templates/simple.html.twig <<END
{% extends 'base.html.twig' %}
{% block body %}
<table class="table" {{ stimulus_controller('@survos/simple-datatables-bundle/table', {perPage: 5, sortable: true}) }}>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>abbr</th>
<th>name</th>
<th>number</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for j in 1..12 %}
<tr>
<td>{{ j |date('2023-' ~ j ~ '-01') |date('M') }}</td>
<td>{{ j |date('2023-' ~ j ~ '-01') |date('F') }}</td>
<td>{{ j }}</td>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
</table>
{% endblock %}
END
symfony server:start -d
symfony open:local --path=/simple
Or even easier, use the twig component. To simplify the example we're going to add the fetch and json_decode functions to twig, normally that would be done in the controller, but the cut and paste is faster this way.
composer require zenstruck/twig-service-bundle
cat > config/packages/zenstruck_twig_service.yaml <<END
zenstruck_twig_service:
functions:
fetch: file_get_contents # available as "fn_fetch()" in twig
json_decode: json_decode
END
cat > templates/simple.html.twig <<'END'
{% extends 'base.html.twig' %}
{% block body %}
{% set columns = [
{name: 'id'},
{name: 'title', title: 'name'},
'brand',
'price'
] %}
<twig:simple_datatables
perPage="20"
:caller="_self"
:columns="columns"
:data="fn_json_decode(fn_fetch('https://dummyjson.com/products')).products"
>
<twig:block name="price">
${{ row.price|number_format(2) }}
</twig:block>
</twig:simple_datatables>
{% endblock %}
END
symfony server:start -d
symfony open:local --path=/simple