# \_getChildrenDT

Gathers the details of a Parent Customer's "Child" Customers.

### Parameters

#### start

The number of Child Customers which will be skipped before the data of any others are returned.

#### length

The number of Child Customers which this function will attempt to return.

#### customer\_id

The ID of the Parent Customer being checked for Child Customer data

#### \[order] \[0] \[dir]

Affects the order that Child Customers can be picked by this function, can be "asc" or "desc".

#### draw

An integer value, used to determine which function use is the most recent, based on which has the highest "draw" value.

### Example

```
FM_api('Customer_getChildrenDT',[
    'start' => '0',
    'length' => '10',
    'customer_id' => '862657',
    'order' => [['dir'=>'asc']],
    'draw' => '10'
    ]
);
```

### Results

#### On Success

```
{"draw":1,"recordsTotal":"1","recordsFiltered":"1","data":[["862658","Test Child Customer",["test_address1","test_address2","test_county","A12 B345"],"1",""]]}
```

#### On Failure

If the "start" parameter is not set:

```
{"error":"missing or invalid parameter: start"}
```

If the "length" parameter is not set:

```
{"error":"missing or invalid parameter: length"}
```

If the "customer\_id" parameter is not set:

```
{"error":"missing or invalid parameter: customer_id"}
```

If the "\[order] \[0] \[dir]" parameter is not set:

```
{"error":"missing or invalid parameter: [order] [0] [dir]"}
```

If the "draw" parameter is not set:

```
{"error":"missing or invalid parameter: draw"}
```


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