Inserting a variable in a raw sql query Laravel

Question

I am inside a function in a controller.

So from the Form, I get a value for a variable, say:

$x = \"whatever\";

Then I need to embe

Answer 1

Regarding this tutorial

$results = DB::select( DB::raw("SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE some_col = :somevariable"), array(
   'somevariable' => $someVariable,
 ));