Besides the standard methods for database query that are available on laravel, you also have an option to do raw query, in this article i will show you how to do raw database query in laravel.
The most common way to do raw query in laravel is calling the DB::raw() method, here's an example using DB::raw on a select statement.
$users = DB::table('users')
->select(DB::raw('count(id) as total, status as user_status'))
->get();Another example:
$users = DB::table('users')
->select(DB::raw('count(*) as user_count, status'))
->where('status', '<>', 1)
->groupBy('status')
->get();
There is also whereRaw() statement if you want to do raw query in where statement, here's an example:
$users = DB::table('users') ->whereRaw("email like '%yahoo%'") ->get();
Lastly, you can also do raw query on a having clause, in laravel there is the havingRaw() statement that you can use.
$users = DB::table('users')
->havingRaw('COUNT(*) > 1')
->get();
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