concat in laravel 8
$users = DB::table('users')->select("*", DB::raw("CONCAT(users.first_name,' ',users.last_name) AS full_name"))
->get();
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$users = DB::table('users')->select("*", DB::raw("CONCAT(users.first_name,' ',users.last_name) AS full_name"))
->get();
public function scopeFindUserByName($query,$name) {
// Concat the name columns and then apply search query on full name
$query->where(DB::raw(
// REPLACE will remove the double white space with single (As defined)
"REPLACE(
/* CONCAT will concat the columns with defined separator */
CONCAT(
/* COALESCE operator will handle NUll values as defined value. */
COALESCE(name_first,''),' ',
COALESCE(name_middle,''),' ',
COALESCE(name_last,'')
),
' ',' ')"
),
'like', '%' . $name . '%');
}