In this example, we use the new cellattr colModel function to set a attributes on the cell.
In our case we demonstarte how we can do colspan on the data.
<?php 
require_once '../../../../php/demo/tabs.php';
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>jqGrid PHP Demo</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/jquery-ui.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/trirand/ui.jqgrid.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="../../../../css/ui.multiselect.css" />
    <style type="text">
        html, body {
        margin: 0;            /* Remove body margin/padding */
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;    /* Remove scroll bars on browser window */
        font-size: 75%;
        }
        
    </style>
    <script src="../../../../js/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="../../../../js/trirand/i18n/grid.locale-en.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script src="../../../../js/trirand/jquery.jqGrid.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">         
    $.jgrid.no_legacy_api = true;
    $.jgrid.useJSON = true;
    $.jgrid.defaults.width = "700";
    </script>
     
    <script src="../../../../js/jquery-ui.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <div>
          <?php include ("grid.php");?>
      </div>
      <br/>
      <?php tabs(array("grid.php"));?>
   </body>
</html>
grid.php.
<?php
require_once '../../jq-config.php';
// include the jqGrid Class
require_once ABSPATH."php/PHPSuito/jqGrid.php";
// include the driver class
require_once ABSPATH."php/PHPSuito/DBdrivers/jqGridPdo.php";
// Connection to the server
$conn = new PDO(DB_DSN,DB_USER,DB_PASSWORD);
// Tell the db that we use utf-8
$conn->query("SET NAMES utf8");

// Create the jqGrid instance
$grid = new jqGridRender($conn);
// Write the SQL Query
$grid->SelectCommand 'SELECT EmployeeID, TitleOfCourtesy, LastName, FirstName, BirthDate, City, Region FROM employees';
// Set the table to where you add the data
$grid->table 'employees';
// Set output format to json
$grid->dataType 'json';
//$grid->usertimeformat = "d/m/Y";
// Let the grid create the model
$grid->setColModel();
// Set the url from where we obtain the data
$grid->setUrl('grid.php');
// add a action column and instruct the formatter to create the needed butons
// for inline editing
$grid->setColProperty('EmployeeID', array("editable"=>false"width"=>50"label"=>"ID"));
$grid->setColProperty('TitleOfCourtesy', array("hidden"=>true));
$grid->setColProperty('LastName', array(
    
"cellattr"=>"js:function( rowId, value, rowObject, colModel, arrData){ return ' colspan=2'}",
    
"formatter"=>"js:function(value, options, rData){ return rData['TitleOfCourtesy'] + ' ' + value +', '+ rData['FirstName'];}"
));
$grid->setColProperty('FirstName', array(
    
"cellattr"=>"js:function( rowId, value, rowObject, colModel, arrData){ return ' style=\"display:none\"'}"
));
$grid->setColProperty('BirthDate'
        array(
"formatter"=>"date",
            
"formatoptions"=>array("srcformat"=>"Y-m-d H:i:s""newformat"=>"m/d/Y h:i A"),
// Ok. We use some trick here to create the datepicer on dataInit event
// when the element is created. Note the js: before the function.
// this instruct the grid to put a javascript code without additional formating
            
"editoptions"=>array("dataInit"=>
                
"js:function(elm){setTimeout(function(){
                    jQuery(elm).datepicker({dateFormat: 'm/d/yy',timeFormat: 'hh:mm TT',separator: ' ' ,ampm: true});
                    jQuery('.ui-datepicker').css({'font-size':'75%'});
                },200);}"
)
            ));
// Set some grid options
$grid->setGridOptions(array(
    
"rowNum"=>10,
    
"rowList"=>array(10,20,30),
    
"sortname"=>"EmployeeID"
));
// Enjoy
$grid->renderGrid('#grid','#pager',truenullnulltrue,true);