Laravel Eloquent - distinct() and count() not working properly together

Question

So I\'m trying to get the number of distinct pids on a query, but the returned value is wrong.

This is what I try to do:

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Answer 1

A more generic answer that would have saved me time, and hopefully others:

Does not work (returns count of all rows):

DB::table('users')
            ->select('first_name')
            ->distinct()
            ->count();

The fix:

DB::table('users')
            ->distinct()
            ->count('first_name');