jQuery DataTables – Row selection using checkboxes and Select extension

For more information, see https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/s/dt/dt-1.10.10,se-1.1.0/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/s/dt/dt-1.10.10,se-1.1.0/datatables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.6/css/dataTables.checkboxes.css">
<script src="https://gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.6/js/dataTables.checkboxes.min.js"></script>
<h3><a href="https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/">jQuery DataTables Checkboxes</a></h3>
<a href="https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/">See full article on Gyrocode.com</a>
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<form id="frm-example" action="/path/to/your/script.php" method="POST">

<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
   <thead>
      <tr>
         <th></th>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Extn</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </thead>
   <tfoot>
      <tr>
         <th></th>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Age</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
</table>

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<p>Press <b>Submit</b> and check console for URL-encoded form data that would be submitted.</p>

<p><button>Submit</button></p>

<p><b>Selected rows data:</b></p>
<pre id="example-console-rows"></pre>

<p><b>Form data as submitted to the server:</b></p>
<pre id="example-console-form"></pre>

</form>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      'ajax': 'https://api.myjson.com/bins/1us28',
      'columnDefs': [
         {
            'targets': 0,
            'checkboxes': {
               'selectRow': true,
               'selectCallback': function(){
                  printSelectedRows();
               }
            }
         }
      ],
      'select': {
         'style': 'multi'
      },
      'order': [[1, 'asc']]
   });   
});

// Print selected rows
function printSelectedRows(){
   var rows_selected = $('#example').DataTable().column(0).checkboxes.selected();

   // Output form data to a console     
   $('#example-console-rows').text(rows_selected.join(","));
};