We think our basic code structure may be incorrect. We are looking to do ServerSide processing and simple Sorting by a reverse key. We can't seem to change the order no mater what we change the $Primarykey to and no matter what we change the "order: [[8,'desc']], to ... I'm thinking maybe we have this in the Editor, when it needs to be in the DataTable function? But when we move the ServerSide function from the Editor to the DataTable function, we get very strange results, like no pagination, all the filters stop working and the Showing # of # (###) records simply comes up with "Showing 0 of 0 (NAN)". We honestly no longer need the editor section, as we are no longer editing, but it seems to be the only way the processing works for us atm. Thoughts?

$(document).ready( function () {
       //$.fn.dataTable.moment( 'HH:mm MMM D, YY' );
       //$.fn.dataTable.moment( 'dddd, MMMM D, YYYY - hh:mm A' );

    var title;
  
    var editor3 = new $.fn.DataTable.Editor({
               "ordering": true,
               "processing": true,
               "serverSide": true,
                order: [[8,'desc']],

        ajax:  "/DataTables/myplace.php",
            table: "#sort_table3",




 
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// --------------------- additional code removed to save space -------------------------------
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    var table3 = $('#sort_table3')
        .DataTable( {
            ajax: {
                url: '/DataTables/myplace.php',
                data: function (d) {
                    d.anyDay = anyDay;
                    d.MyListings = MyListings;
                },
                                error: function (xhr, error, code)
                                {
                                      console.log(xhr);
                                      console.log(code);
                                }
            },

// -------------------- Probably UNNEEDED -------------------
//                   "ordering": true,
//                   "processing": true,
//                   "serverSide": true,
//                   order: [8,'desc'],
// -------------------- Probably UNNEEDED -------------------

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ----------------- MyPlace.php - Ajax call code ------------------
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php

SESSION_START();

/*
 * Editor server script for DB table 
 * Created by http://editor.datatables.net/generator
 */

// DataTables PHP library and database connection
include( "Editor-PHP-2.0.5/lib/DataTables.php" );

// Alias Editor classes so they are easy to use
use
    DataTables\Editor,
    DataTables\Editor\Field,
    DataTables\Editor\Format,
    DataTables\Editor\Mjoin,
    DataTables\Editor\Options,
    DataTables\Editor\Upload,
    DataTables\Editor\Validate,
    DataTables\Editor\ValidateOptions;


if (isset($_POST['action'])) {
    echo '{}';
    return;
}

// $primaryKey = 'posted_time';
$primaryKey = 'ask_name';

// --------------- SET ENCRYPTION -----------------------
$encr_iv=$_SESSION['encr_iv'];
$encr_key=$_SESSION['encr_key'];
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Build our Editor instance and process the data coming from _POST
 Editor::inst( $db, 'questions', $primaryKey)
    ->fields(