Using Eloquent ORM in Laravel to perform search of database using LIKE

Question

I want to use Eloquent\'s active record building to build a search query, but it is going to be a LIKE search. I have found the User::find($term) or User:

Answer 1

If you do not like double quotes like me, this will work for you with single quotes:

$value = Input::get('q');
$books = Book::where('name', 'LIKE', '%' . $value . '%')->limit(25)->get();

return view('pages/search/index', compact('books'));