Baking DataTables Classes¶

The plugin provide the bake command to create the DataTables class files that you will need to create and customize your table. As default the class name will be the same as database table name, but you can change this passing the option –table in command to inform what is the table name used in that DataTables class.

If the table and the class have the same name you must enter:

cake bake data_tables config Categories

Where in sample Categories is the database table name. This will result in a CategoriesDataTables file that will be saved on src/DataTables/CategoriesDataTables.php and it datasource is the categories table.

If you want want use a different table you must enter:

cake bake data_tables config MyCategories --table=Categories

Where in sample MyCategories is the html table name. This will result in a MyCategoriesDataTables file that will be saved on src/DataTables/MyCategoriesDataTables.php and it datasource is the categories table. Inside the class you will see a attribute that will tell the plugin that it have a different database table name from class name:

/**
 * Class MyCategoriesDataTables
 */
class MyCategoriesDataTables extends DataTables {


protected $_ormTableName = 'Categories';