Using jQuery tablesorter, I can't get it to do work for my table. Where am I going wrong?

Question

Hey guys so I am trying to use the jQuery plugin table sorter (tablesorter.com). I made a test page based off their demo and it worked no problem. However now I am trying to imp

Answer 1

Put your <tbody> outside the for loops.

...
</thead>

<tbody> 
<?foreach ($organizations as $organizationObj) {
    foreach ($organizationObj as $curOrg) {
        if($curOrg->get("name") == "System"){
            //Hide the System organization from vCloud 
            continue;
        }?> 

    <tr>
        <td><?=$curOrg->get("name");?></td>
        <td><?=$curOrg->get("description")===""?"None":$curOrg->get("description")?></td>
        <td><?=$curOrg->get("systemName")?></td>
        <td><?=$status[$curOrg->get('status')];?></td>
        <td id="client<?=$curOrg->get('id');?>">            
            <?if($curOrg->get("clientId")==0){ ?>
                <button class="btn btn-tiny btn-reverse associate" data-uid="<?=$curOrg->get('id');?>"><?=$languageDB->berkGet("action_associate");?></button>
            <?} else{ 
                $client=new client($curOrg->get("clientId"));?>
                <?=$client->get("companyName");?>
            <?}?>
        </td>
        <td><a href="/organizationDetails.php?id=<?=$curOrg->get('id');?>" class="btn btn-tiny"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i></a>
            <?if($curOrg->get("clientId")>0){ ?>
                <button class="btn btn-danger btn-tiny" id="remove" data-uid="<?=$curOrg->get('id');?>" data-name="<?=$curOrg->get('name');?>"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i> </button>
            <?}?>
    </tr>    
    <?}
}?>
</tbody>
</table>

Answer 2

Use Jquery datatables

in your case:

$(document).ready(function() 
    { 
        $("#orgTable").DataTable(); 
    } 
);

https://www.datatables.net/examples/basic_init/zero_configuration.html

UPDATE: If you dont want to change ur tablesorter or use any other jQuery plugin for table sorting,check ur <script> tags

use :

<script type="text/javascript"></script>

instead of :

<script type="text/javascript"/>

Answer 3

That's because the script tag cannot be a self closing tag

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> 
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() 
    { 
        $("#orgTable").tablesorter(); 
    } 
); 
</script>