How can I query raw via Eloquent?

Question

I am trying to do a query in my Laravel app and I want to use a normal structure for my query. This class either does use Eloquent so I need to find something to do a query

Answer 1

You may try this:

// query can't be select * from table where
Model::select(DB::raw('query'))->get();

An Example:

Model::select(DB::raw('query'))
     ->whereNull('deleted_at')
     ->orderBy('id')
     ->get();

Also, you may use something like this (Using Query Builder):

$users = DB::table('users')
                 ->select(DB::raw('count(*) as user_count, status'))
                 ->where('status', '<>', 1)
                 ->groupBy('status')
                 ->get();

Also, you may try something like this (Using Query Builder):

$users = DB::select('select * from users where id = ?', array(1));
$users = DB::select( DB::raw("select * from users where username = :username"), array('username' => Input::get("username")));

Check more about Raw-Expressions on Laravel website.