Laravel 4: how to run a raw SQL?

Question

I want to rename a table in Laravel 4, but don\'t know how to do that.

The SQL is alter table photos rename to images. If there is an Eloquent solution,

Answer 1

You can also use DB::unprepared for ALTER TABLE queries.

DB::unprepared is meant to be used for queries like CREATE TRIGGER. But essentially it executes raw sql queries directly. (without using PDO prepared statements)

https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/54