Modified ssp.class.php file to deal with multiple tables query

ssp.class.php

<?php

/*
 * Helper functions for building a DataTables server-side processing SQL query
 *
 * The static functions in this class are just helper functions to help build
 * the SQL used in the DataTables demo server-side processing scripts. These
 * functions obviously do not represent all that can be done with server-side
 * processing, they are intentionally simple to show how it works. More complex
 * server-side processing operations will likely require a custom script.
 *
 * See http://datatables.net/usage/server-side for full details on the server-
 * side processing requirements of DataTables.
 *
 * @license MIT - http://datatables.net/license_mit
 */


// REMOVE THIS BLOCK - used for DataTables test environment only!
/*$file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/datatables/pdo.php';
if ( is_file( $file ) ) {
	include( $file );
}
*/

class SSP {
	/**
	 * Create the data output array for the DataTables rows
	 *
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @param  array $data    Data from the SQL get
	 *  @return array          Formatted data in a row based format
	 */
	static function data_output ( $columns, $data )
	{
		$out = array();

		for ( $i=0, $ien=count($data) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
			$row = array();

			for ( $j=0, $jen=count($columns) ; $j<$jen ; $j++ ) {
				$column = $columns[$j];

				// Is there a formatter?
				if ( isset( $column['formatter'] ) ) {
					$row[ $column['dt'] ] = $column['formatter']( $data[$i][ $column['db'] ], $data[$i] );
				}
				else {
					$row[ $column['dt'] ] = $data[$i][ $columns[$j]['db'] ];
				}
			}

			$out[] = $row;
		}

		return $out;
	}


	/**
	 * Database connection
	 *
	 * Obtain an PHP PDO connection from a connection details array
	 *
	 *  @param  array $conn SQL connection details. The array should have
	 *    the following properties
	 *     * host - host name
	 *     * db   - database name
	 *     * user - user name
	 *     * pass - user password
	 *  @return resource PDO connection
	 */
	static function db ( $conn )
	{
		if ( is_array( $conn ) ) {
			return self::sql_connect( $conn );
		}

		return $conn;
	}


	/**
	 * Paging
	 *
	 * Construct the LIMIT clause for server-side processing SQL query
	 *
	 *  @param  array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @return string SQL limit clause
	 */
	static function limit ( $request, $columns )
	{
		$limit = '';

		if ( isset($request['start']) && $request['length'] != -1 ) {
			$limit = "LIMIT ".intval($request['start']).", ".intval($request['length']);
		}

		return $limit;
	}


	/**
	 * Ordering
	 *
	 * Construct the ORDER BY clause for server-side processing SQL query
	 *
	 *  @param  array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @return string SQL order by clause
	 */
	static function order ( $request, $columns )
	{
		$order = '';

		if ( isset($request['order']) && count($request['order']) ) {
			$orderBy = array();
			$dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' );

			for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['order']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
				// Convert the column index into the column data property
				$columnIdx = intval($request['order'][$i]['column']);
				$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$columnIdx];

				$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
				$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];

				if ( $requestColumn['orderable'] == 'true' ) {
					$dir = $request['order'][$i]['dir'] === 'asc' ?
						'ASC' :
						'DESC';

					$orderBy[] = '`'.$column['db'].'` '.$dir;
				}
			}

			if ( count( $orderBy ) ) {
				$order = 'ORDER BY '.implode(', ', $orderBy);
			}
		}

		return $order;
	}


	/**
	 * Searching / Filtering
	 *
	 * Construct the WHERE clause for server-side processing SQL query.
	 *
	 * NOTE this does not match the built-in DataTables filtering which does it
	 * word by word on any field. It's possible to do here performance on large
	 * databases would be very poor
	 *
	 *  @param  array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @param  array $bindings Array of values for PDO bindings, used in the
	 *    sql_exec() function
	 *  @return string SQL where clause
	 */
	static function filter ( $request, $columns, &$bindings )
	{
		$globalSearch = array();
		$columnSearch = array();
		$dtColumns = self::pluck( $columns, 'dt' );

		if ( isset($request['search']) && $request['search']['value'] != '' ) {
			$str = $request['search']['value'];

			for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
				$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i];
				$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
				$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];

				if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' ) {
					$binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR );
					$globalSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding;
				}
			}
		}

		// Individual column filtering
		if ( isset( $request['columns'] ) ) {
			for ( $i=0, $ien=count($request['columns']) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
				$requestColumn = $request['columns'][$i];
				$columnIdx = array_search( $requestColumn['data'], $dtColumns );
				$column = $columns[ $columnIdx ];

				$str = $requestColumn['search']['value'];

				if ( $requestColumn['searchable'] == 'true' &&
				 $str != '' ) {
					$binding = self::bind( $bindings, '%'.$str.'%', PDO::PARAM_STR );
					$columnSearch[] = "`".$column['db']."` LIKE ".$binding;
				}
			}
		}

		// Combine the filters into a single string
		$where = '';

		if ( count( $globalSearch ) ) {
			$where = '('.implode(' OR ', $globalSearch).')';
		}

		if ( count( $columnSearch ) ) {
			$where = $where === '' ?
				implode(' AND ', $columnSearch) :
				$where .' AND '. implode(' AND ', $columnSearch);
		}

		if ( $where !== '' ) {
			$where = 'WHERE '.$where;
		}

		return $where;
	}


	/**
	 * Perform the SQL queries needed for an server-side processing requested,
	 * utilising the helper functions of this class, limit(), order() and
	 * filter() among others. The returned array is ready to be encoded as JSON
	 * in response to an SSP request, or can be modified if needed before
	 * sending back to the client.
	 *
	 *  @param  array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
	 *  @param  array|PDO $conn PDO connection resource or connection parameters array
	 *  @param  string $table SQL table to query
	 *  @param  string $primaryKey Primary key of the table
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @return array          Server-side processing response array
	 */
	static function simple ( $request, $conn, $table, $primaryKey, $columns )
	{
		$bindings = array();
		$db = self::db( $conn );

		// Build the SQL query string from the request
		$limit = self::limit( $request, $columns );
		$order = self::order( $request, $columns );
		$where = self::filter( $request, $columns, $bindings );

		// Main query to actually get the data
		$data = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
			"SELECT `".implode("`, `", self::pluck($columns, 'db'))."`
			 FROM $table
			 $where
			 $order
			 $limit"
		);

		// Data set length after filtering
		$resFilterLength = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
			"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
			 FROM   $table
			 $where"
		);
		$recordsFiltered = $resFilterLength[0][0];

		// Total data set length
		$resTotalLength = self::sql_exec( $db,
			"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
			 FROM   $table"
		);
		$recordsTotal = $resTotalLength[0][0];

		/*
		 * Output
		 */
		return array(
			"draw"            => isset ( $request['draw'] ) ?
				intval( $request['draw'] ) :
				0,
			"recordsTotal"    => intval( $recordsTotal ),
			"recordsFiltered" => intval( $recordsFiltered ),
			"data"            => self::data_output( $columns, $data )
		);
	}


	/**
	 * The difference between this method and the `simple` one, is that you can
	 * apply additional `where` conditions to the SQL queries. These can be in
	 * one of two forms:
	 *
	 * * 'Result condition' - This is applied to the result set, but not the
	 *   overall paging information query - i.e. it will not effect the number
	 *   of records that a user sees they can have access to. This should be
	 *   used when you want apply a filtering condition that the user has sent.
	 * * 'All condition' - This is applied to all queries that are made and
	 *   reduces the number of records that the user can access. This should be
	 *   used in conditions where you don't want the user to ever have access to
	 *   particular records (for example, restricting by a login id).
	 *
	 *  @param  array $request Data sent to server by DataTables
	 *  @param  array|PDO $conn PDO connection resource or connection parameters array
	 *  @param  string $table SQL table to query
	 *  @param  string $primaryKey Primary key of the table
	 *  @param  array $columns Column information array
	 *  @param  string $whereResult WHERE condition to apply to the result set
	 *  @param  string $whereAll WHERE condition to apply to all queries
	 *  @return array          Server-side processing response array
	 */
	static function complex ( $request, $conn, $table, $primaryKey, $columns, $whereResult=null, $whereAll=null )
	{
		$bindings = array();
		$db = self::db( $conn );
		$localWhereResult = array();
		$localWhereAll = array();
		$whereAllSql = '';

		// Build the SQL query string from the request
		$limit = self::limit( $request, $columns );
		$order = self::order( $request, $columns );
		$where = self::filter( $request, $columns, $bindings );

		$whereResult = self::_flatten( $whereResult );
		$whereAll = self::_flatten( $whereAll );

		if ( $whereResult ) {
			$where = $where ?
				$where .' AND '.$whereResult :
				'WHERE '.$whereResult;
		}

		if ( $whereAll ) {
			$where = $where ?
				$where .' AND '.$whereAll :
				'WHERE '.$whereAll;

			$whereAllSql = 'WHERE '.$whereAll;
		}

		// Main query to actually get the data
		$data = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
			"SELECT `".implode("`, `", self::pluck($columns, 'db'))."`
			 FROM $table
			 $where
			 $order
			 $limit"
		);

		// Data set length after filtering
		$resFilterLength = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
			"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
			 FROM   $table
			 $where"
		);
		$recordsFiltered = $resFilterLength[0][0];

		// Total data set length
		$resTotalLength = self::sql_exec( $db, $bindings,
			"SELECT COUNT(`{$primaryKey}`)
			 FROM   $table ".
			$whereAllSql
		);
		$recordsTotal = $resTotalLength[0][0];

		/*
		 * Output
		 */
		return array(
			"draw"            => isset ( $request['draw'] ) ?
				intval( $request['draw'] ) :
				0,
			"recordsTotal"    => intval( $recordsTotal ),
			"recordsFiltered" => intval( $recordsFiltered ),
			"data"            => self::data_output( $columns, $data )
		);
	}


	/**
	 * Connect to the database
	 *
	 * @param  array $sql_details SQL server connection details array, with the
	 *   properties:
	 *     * host - host name
	 *     * db   - database name
	 *     * user - user name
	 *     * pass - user password
	 * @return resource Database connection handle
	 */
	static function sql_connect ( $sql_details )
	{
		try {
			$db = @new PDO(
				"mysql:host={$sql_details['host']};dbname={$sql_details['db']}",
				$sql_details['user'],
				$sql_details['pass'],
				array( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION )
			);
		}
		catch (PDOException $e) {
			self::fatal(
				"An error occurred while connecting to the database. ".
				"The error reported by the server was: ".$e->getMessage()
			);
		}

		return $db;
	}


	/**
	 * Execute an SQL query on the database
	 *
	 * @param  resource $db  Database handler
	 * @param  array    $bindings Array of PDO binding values from bind() to be
	 *   used for safely escaping strings. Note that this can be given as the
	 *   SQL query string if no bindings are required.
	 * @param  string   $sql SQL query to execute.
	 * @return array         Result from the query (all rows)
	 */
	static function sql_exec ( $db, $bindings, $sql=null )
	{
		// Argument shifting
		if ( $sql === null ) {
			$sql = $bindings;
		}

		$stmt = $db->prepare( $sql );
		//echo $sql;

		// Bind parameters
		if ( is_array( $bindings ) ) {
			for ( $i=0, $ien=count($bindings) ; $i<$ien ; $i++ ) {
				$binding = $bindings[$i];
				$stmt->bindValue( $binding['key'], $binding['val'], $binding['type'] );
			}
		}

		// Execute
		try {
			$stmt->execute();
		}
		catch (PDOException $e) {
			self::fatal( "An SQL error occurred: ".$e->getMessage() );
		}

		// Return all
		return $stmt->fetchAll( PDO::FETCH_BOTH );
	}


	/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
	 * Internal methods
	 */

	/**
	 * Throw a fatal error.
	 *
	 * This writes out an error message in a JSON string which DataTables will
	 * see and show to the user in the browser.
	 *
	 * @param  string $msg Message to send to the client
	 */
	static function fatal ( $msg )
	{
		echo json_encode( array( 
			"error" => $msg
		) );

		exit(0);
	}

	/**
	 * Create a PDO binding key which can be used for escaping variables safely
	 * when executing a query with sql_exec()
	 *
	 * @param  array &$a    Array of bindings
	 * @param  *      $val  Value to bind
	 * @param  int    $type PDO field type
	 * @return string       Bound key to be used in the SQL where this parameter
	 *   would be used.
	 */
	static function bind ( &$a, $val, $type )
	{
		$key = ':binding_'.count( $a );

		$a[] = array(
			'key' => $key,
			'val' => $val,
			'type' => $type
		);

		return $key;
	}


	/**
	 * Pull a particular property from each assoc. array in a numeric array, 
	 * returning and array of the property values from each item.
	 *
	 *  @param  array  $a    Array to get data from
	 *  @param  string $prop Property to read
	 *  @return array        Array of property values
	 */
	static function pluck ( $a, $prop )
	{
		$out = array();

		for ( $i=0, $len=count($a) ; $i<$len ; $i++ ) {
			$out[] = $a[$i][$prop];
		}

		return $out;
	}


	/**
	 * Return a string from an array or a string
	 *
	 * @param  array|string $a Array to join
	 * @param  string $join Glue for the concatenation
	 * @return string Joined string
	 */
	static function _flatten ( $a, $join = ' AND ' )
	{
		if ( ! $a ) {
			return '';
		}
		else if ( $a && is_array($a) ) {
			return implode( $join, $a );
		}
		return $a;
	}
}

Usage example: https://www.gyrocode.com/articles/jquery-datatables-using-where-join-and-group-by-with-ssp-class-php/