how to make laravel query builder like codeigniter active record

Question

I have a problem with Laravel 4 query builder, i want make a re-usable method

public function getData($where=array())
{
    // $where = array(\'city\' =>          


        

Answer 1

You may try this (Assumed, this function is in your User model)

class User extends Eloquent {

    public static function getData($where = null)
    {
        $query =  DB::table('User');
        if(!is_null($where )) {
            foreach($where as $k => $v){
                $query->where($k, $v);
            }
        }
        return $query->get();
    }
}

Rember that, = is optional. Call it like

$data = User::getData(array('first_name' => 'Jhon'));