How to get distinct values for non-key column fields in Laravel?

Question

This might be quite easy but have no idea how to.

I have a table that can have repeated values for a particular non-key column field. How do I write a SQL query usin

Answer 1

$users = User::select('column1', 'column2', 'column3')->distinct()->get(); retrieves all three coulmns for distinct rows in the table. You can add as many columns as you wish.