diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 55b03c7..fef00a3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "livecontrol/eloquent-datatable",
+    "name": "schoppax/eloquent-datatable",
     "description": "Eloquent DataTable plugin for server side ajax call handling.",
     "keywords": [
         "eloquent",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
-        "illuminate/database": "5.*"
+        "illuminate/database": ">=5.7.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpspec/phpspec": "~2.1"
diff --git a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/DataTable.php b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/DataTable.php
index b226dd3..08cfe56 100644
--- a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/DataTable.php
+++ b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/DataTable.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression as raw;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\Grammars\Grammar;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use LiveControl\EloquentDataTable\VersionTransformers\Version110Transformer;
 use LiveControl\EloquentDataTable\VersionTransformers\VersionTransformerContract;
 
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ class DataTable
 {
     protected $builder;
     protected $columns;
+    protected $orderPossibilities;
     protected $formatRowFunction;
 
     /**
@@ -22,22 +25,29 @@ class DataTable
 
     protected $rawColumns;
     protected $columnNames;
+    protected $orderNames;
 
     protected $total = 0;
     protected $filtered = 0;
 
     protected $rows = [];
 
+    protected $mySqlAggFncs = [
+        "AVG(","BIT_AND(","BIT_OR(","BIT_XOR(","COUNT(","GROUP_CONCAT(","JSON_ARRAYAGG(","JSON_OBJECTAGG(","MAX(",
+        "MIN(","STD(","STDDEV(","STDDEV_POP(","STDDEV_SAMP(","SUM(","VAR_POP(","VAR_SAMP(","VARIANCE("
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @param Builder|Model $builder
      * @param array $columns
      * @param null|callable $formatRowFunction
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function __construct($builder, $columns, $formatRowFunction = null)
+    public function __construct($builder, $columns, $orderPossibilities = null, $formatRowFunction = null)
     {
         $this->setBuilder($builder);
         $this->setColumns($columns);
+        $this->setOrderPossibilities($orderPossibilities);
 
         if ($formatRowFunction !== null) {
             $this->setFormatRowFunction($formatRowFunction);
@@ -69,6 +79,20 @@ public function setColumns($columns)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $columns
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setOrderPossibilities($columns)
+    {
+        if ( $columns !== null ) {
+            $this->orderPossibilities = $columns;
+        } else {
+            $this->orderPossibilities = $this->columns;
+        }
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param callable $function
      * @return $this
@@ -97,7 +121,8 @@ public function setVersionTransformer(VersionTransformerContract $versionTransfo
     public function make()
     {
         $this->rawColumns = $this->getRawColumns($this->columns);
-        $this->columnNames = $this->getColumnNames();
+        $this->columnNames = $this->getColumnNames($this->columns);
+        $this->orderNames = $this->getColumnNames($this->orderPossibilities);
 
         $this->addSelect();
 
@@ -142,7 +167,7 @@ protected function count()
             $countStatement = $pdo->prepare('SELECT count(*) as totalCount FROM ('.$query->toSql().') subQuery');
             $countStatement->execute($query->getBindings());
         }
-        
+
         $result = $countStatement->fetch();
         return $result['totalCount'];
     }
@@ -186,10 +211,10 @@ protected function formatRowIndexes($data)
     /**
      * @return array
      */
-    protected function getColumnNames()
+    protected function getColumnNames($columns)
     {
         $names = [];
-        foreach ($this->columns as $index => $column) {
+        foreach ($columns as $index => $column) {
             if ($column instanceof ExpressionWithName) {
                 $names[] = $column->getName();
                 continue;
@@ -224,7 +249,8 @@ protected function getRawColumns($columns)
     protected function getRawColumnQuery($column)
     {
         if ($column instanceof ExpressionWithName) {
-            return $column->getExpression();
+            $gramma = new Grammar();
+            return $column->getExpression()->getValue($gramma);
         }
 
         if (is_array($column)) {
@@ -276,7 +302,22 @@ protected function arrayToCamelcase($array, $inForeach = false)
             $result[] = $value;
         }
 
-        return (! $inForeach ? camel_case(implode('_', $result)) : $result);
+        return (! $inForeach ? Str::camel(implode('_', $result)) : $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if the query includes aggregate functions
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function hasAggregateFunction() 
+    {
+        $query = $this->builder->toSql() ?? $this->builder->getQuery()->toSql();
+        foreach($this->mySqlAggFncs as $aggFnc) {
+            if (stripos($query, $aggFnc) !== false) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -286,26 +327,31 @@ protected function arrayToCamelcase($array, $inForeach = false)
     protected function addFilters()
     {
         $search = static::$versionTransformer->getSearchValue();
+        $regex = static::$versionTransformer->isSearchRegex();
+        $aggregate = $this->hasAggregateFunction();
         if ($search != '') {
-            $this->addAllFilter($search);
+            $this->addAllFilter($search, $regex, $aggregate);
         }
-        $this->addColumnFilters();
+        $this->addColumnFilters($aggregate);
         return $this;
     }
 
     /**
      * Searches in all the columns.
      * @param $search
+     * @param $regex
      */
-    protected function addAllFilter($search)
+    protected function addAllFilter($search, $regex, $aggregate)
     {
-        $this->builder = $this->builder->where(
-            function ($query) use ($search) {
-                foreach ($this->columns as $column) {
-                    $query->orWhere(
-                        new raw($this->getRawColumnQuery($column)),
-                        'like',
-                        '%' . $search . '%'
+        $method = $aggregate ? 'Having' : 'Where';
+        $columns = $aggregate ? $this->columnNames : $this->columns;  
+        $this->builder = $this->builder->{strtolower($method)}(
+            function ($query) use ($search, $regex, $method, $columns, $aggregate) {
+                foreach ($columns as $column) {
+                    $query->{"or$method"}(
+                      new raw($aggregate ? $column : $this->getRawColumnQuery($column)),
+                        $regex ? 'rlike' : 'like',
+                        $regex ? $search : '%' . $search . '%'
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -315,14 +361,17 @@ function ($query) use ($search) {
     /**
      * Add column specific filters.
      */
-    protected function addColumnFilters()
+    protected function addColumnFilters($aggregate)
     {
-        foreach ($this->columns as $i => $column) {
+        $columns = $aggregate ? $this->columnNames : $this->columns;
+        foreach ($columns as $i => $column) {
             if (static::$versionTransformer->isColumnSearched($i)) {
-                $this->builder->where(
-                    new raw($this->getRawColumnQuery($column)),
-                    'like',
-                    '%' . static::$versionTransformer->getColumnSearchValue($i) . '%'
+                $regex = static::$versionTransformer->isColumnSearchRegex($i);
+                $method = $aggregate ? 'having' : 'where';
+                $this->builder->{$method}(
+                    new raw($aggregate ? $column : $this->getRawColumnQuery($column)),
+                    $regex ? 'rlike' : 'like',
+                    $regex ? static::$versionTransformer->getColumnSearchValue($i) : '%' . static::$versionTransformer->getColumnSearchValue($i) . '%'
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -335,9 +384,9 @@ protected function addOrderBy()
     {
         if (static::$versionTransformer->isOrdered()) {
             foreach (static::$versionTransformer->getOrderedColumns() as $index => $direction) {
-                if (isset($this->columnNames[$index])) {
+                if (isset($this->orderNames[$index])) {
                     $this->builder->orderBy(
-                        $this->columnNames[$index],
+                        $this->orderNames[$index],
                         $direction
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version109Transformer.php b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version109Transformer.php
index e0fd923..70d4bd4 100644
--- a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version109Transformer.php
+++ b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version109Transformer.php
@@ -13,34 +13,43 @@ class Version109Transformer implements VersionTransformerContract
 
     ];
 
-    public function transform($name)
+    public function transform($name): string
     {
         return (isset($this->translate[$name]) ? $this->translate[$name] : $name);
     }
 
-    public function getSearchValue()
+    public function isSearchRegex(): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    public function getSearchValue(): string
     {
         if(isset($_POST['sSearch']))
             return $_POST['sSearch'];
         return '';
     }
 
-    public function isColumnSearched($i)
+    public function isColumnSearched($i): bool
     {
         return (isset($_POST['bSearchable_' . $i]) && $_POST['bSearchable_' . $i] == 'true' && $_POST['sSearch_' . $i] != '');
     }
 
-    public function getColumnSearchValue($i)
+    public function isColumnSearchRegex($columnIndex): bool
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public function getColumnSearchValue($i): string
     {
         return $_POST['sSearch_' . $i];
     }
 
-    public function isOrdered()
+    public function isOrdered(): bool
     {
         return isset($_POST['iSortCol_0']);
     }
 
-    public function getOrderedColumns()
+    public function getOrderedColumns(): array
     {
         $columns = [];
         for ($i = 0; $i < (int) $_POST['iSortingCols']; $i ++) {
diff --git a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version110Transformer.php b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version110Transformer.php
index c42b692..6249978 100644
--- a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version110Transformer.php
+++ b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/Version110Transformer.php
@@ -3,19 +3,26 @@
 
 class Version110Transformer implements VersionTransformerContract
 {
-    public function transform($name)
+    public function transform($name): string
     {
         return $name; // we use the same as the requested name
     }
 
-    public function getSearchValue()
+    public function isSearchRegex(): bool
+    {
+        if(isset($_POST['search']) && isset($_POST['search']['regex']))
+            return filter_var($_POST['search']['regex'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public function getSearchValue(): string
     {
         if(isset($_POST['search']) && isset($_POST['search']['value']))
             return $_POST['search']['value'];
         return '';
     }
 
-    public function isColumnSearched($columnIndex)
+    public function isColumnSearched($columnIndex): bool
     {
         return (
             isset($_POST['columns'])
@@ -30,17 +37,24 @@ public function isColumnSearched($columnIndex)
         );
     }
 
-    public function getColumnSearchValue($columnIndex)
+    public function isColumnSearchRegex($columnIndex): bool
+    {
+        if (isset($_POST['columns'][$columnIndex]['search']['regex']))
+            return filter_var($_POST['columns'][$columnIndex]['search']['regex'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public function getColumnSearchValue($columnIndex): string
     {
         return $_POST['columns'][$columnIndex]['search']['value'];
     }
 
-    public function isOrdered()
+    public function isOrdered(): bool
     {
         return (isset($_POST['order']) && isset($_POST['order'][0]));
     }
 
-    public function getOrderedColumns()
+    public function getOrderedColumns(): array
     {
         $columns = [];
         foreach($_POST['order'] as $i => $order)
diff --git a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/VersionTransformerContract.php b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/VersionTransformerContract.php
index e37a6de..7e495bc 100644
--- a/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/VersionTransformerContract.php
+++ b/src/LiveControl/EloquentDataTable/VersionTransformers/VersionTransformerContract.php
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 
 interface VersionTransformerContract
 {
-    public function transform($name);
+    public function transform($name): string;
 
-    public function getSearchValue();
+    public function isSearchRegex(): bool;
+    public function getSearchValue(): string;
 
-    public function isColumnSearched($columnIndex);
-    public function getColumnSearchValue($columnIndex);
+    public function isColumnSearched($columnIndex): bool;
+    public function isColumnSearchRegex($columnIndex): bool;
+    public function getColumnSearchValue($columnIndex): string;
 
 
-    public function isOrdered();
-    public function getOrderedColumns();
+    public function isOrdered(): bool;
+    public function getOrderedColumns(): array;
 }
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