Laravel Eloquent Relations: ->latest()

Question

What is the function of latest() in laravel?

Example:

public function activity()
{
    return $this->hasMany(\'App\\Activity\')
        ->with(         


        

Answer 1

latest() is a function defined in Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder Class. It's job is very simple. This is how it is defined.

public function latest($column = 'created_at')
{
    return $this->orderBy($column, 'desc');
} 

So, It will just orderBy with the column you provide in descending order with the default column will be created_at.