I am using datatable to list and sort the results.
This is how i initialized datatable
$(\'#example1\').DataTable({bFilter: false, bInfo: false, paging
The answer by Ajinkya should still work because the library currently maintains backward compatibility with the old option format, but with more recent versions of the DataTables library (1.10+) you should use:
$('#example').dataTable( {
"language": {
"emptyTable": "No data available in table"
}
} );
See: https://datatables.net/reference/option/language.emptyTable
Also, if you want to customize the info line when the table (or search results are empty):
$('#example').dataTable( {
"language": {
"infoEmpty": "No entries to show"
}
} );
See: https://datatables.net/reference/option/language.infoEmpty