Laravel 4: Query to Eloquent

Question

I have a query builder that works like this:

$query = DB::table($tablename);

if($keyword!=""){
    $query->where($field,'like','%'.$keyword.'%');
}

$query->get();

How can I convert it into eloquent?

Thank you,

Answer 1

You can simply do this:

In your model make a query scope like:

//code to be written in your model  

public function scopeGetdata($field,$keyword){

      return  $query->where($field,'like','%'.$keyword.'%');

}

Let say our model name is Custom . Now use this as follows:

Custom::Getdata($fieldname,$keyword)->get();

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Answer 2

Create a model extending Eloquent

class MyModel extends Eloquent {
           protected $table = 'MyTableName';
}

Then use query builder like

MyModel::where($field,'like','%'.$keyword.'%')->get();