Server-Driven Data Tables in Laravel, Inertia and React with URL-Based State

The article presents a pattern for building data tables in Laravel, Inertia and React where the server handles filtering, sorting and pagination. It explains that client-side tables struggle with large datasets, non-shareable state, and conflicting sources of truth. The proposed approach treats the URL query string as the table's single source of truth, with Inertia updating URL and page props together. A sample controller validates all query parameters, restricts sortable columns to a fixed whitelist, and adds a tie-breaker to keep pagination stable.