Return html content via Ajax Laravel DataTable (using yajrabox package)

I'm working on a project right now and face the same problem and fix it using ->escapeColumns([])

$users = DB::table('users')->select('*');
    return datatables()->of($users)
        ->removeColumn('password')
        ->editColumn('created_at', function ($user) {
            return date('d-m-Y', strtotime($user->created_at));
        })
        ->editColumn('role_id', function ($user) {
            return Role::findOrFail( $user->role_id)->name;
        })
        ->editColumn('is_active', function ($user) {
            return ($user->is_active == 1) ? 'active' : 'suspended';
        })
        ->addColumn('actions', function ($user) {
            return '<a href="#edit-'.$user->id.'" class="btn btn-xs btn-primary"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></i> Edit</a>';
        })
        ->escapeColumns([])
        ->make(true);

Source: yajra/laravel-datatables

Okay, the issue appears to be a undocumented breaking change in the new 7.x version of the library: https://github.com/yajra/laravel-datatables/issues/949

In my case, I've fixed it like this:

function ajaxList()
{
    // Load users with users
    $users = User::with('group', 'organisation');

    // Finished
    return Datatables::eloquent($users)
        ->editColumn('is_admin', function(User $user) {
            return '<i class="fa fa-'. ($user->is_admin ? 'check' : 'times') .'" aria-hidden="true"></i>';
        })
        ->rawColumns(['is_admin'])
        ->make(true);
}

Add another column labeled rawcolumn with the name you assign to the individual buttons as indicated below to fix the issue:

Route::get('user-data', function() {
    $model = App\User::query();

    return DataTables::eloquent($model)
                ->addColumn('link', '<a href="#">Html Column</a>')
                ->addColumn('action', 'path.to.view')
                ->rawColumns(['link', 'action'])
                ->toJson();
});

This rawColumns(['link', 'action']) is what does the magic. Your last statement might end with ->make(true), the rawColumn is what does the magic.

Just put your column in below method

escapeColumns()

Example

return $dataTable->addIndexColumn()
            ->editColumn('active', function(SettingDropdownValue $model) {
                if($model->active === true){
                return '<span class="text-center"><img src="'.\URL::asset('/images/active.png').'" border="0" width="15" /></span>';
                } else {
                return '<img src="'.\URL::asset('/images/inactive.png').'" border="0" width="15" />';
                }
            })
            ->escapeColumns('active')
            ->addColumn('action', 'setting_dropdown_values.datatables_actions');