How to alias a table in Laravel Eloquent queries (or using Query Builder)?

Question

Lets say we are using Laravel\'s query builder:

$users = DB::table(\'really_long_table_name\')
           ->select(\'really_long_table_name.id\')
                 


        

Answer 1

You can use less code, writing this:

    $users = DB::table('really_long_table_name')
       ->get(array('really_long_table_name.field_very_long_name as short_name'));

And of course if you want to select more fields, just write a "," and add more:

 $users = DB::table('really_long_table_name')
       ->get(array('really_long_table_name.field_very_long_name as short_name', 'really_long_table_name.another_field as other', 'and_another'));

This is very practical when you use a joins complex query