How to add collate to laravel query

Question

I need to run a query having collate utf8_bin like so:

SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `field`=\'value\' collate utf8_bin;

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Answer 1

If you only need to apply this to the values in the WHERE clause:

$value = "àBc123";
$query->whereRaw('field_name COLLATE utf8mb4_bin = (?)', $value);

• This query is both case sensitive and accent sensitive.
• Replace utf8mb4_bin with whatever collation makes sense on your system (eg. utf8_bin).
• Using (?) should utilize Laravel's query sanitization.

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For accent sensitive but NOT case sensitive:

$value = "àBc123";
$query->whereRaw('LOWER(field_name) COLLATE utf8mb4_bin = (?)', strtolower($value));