Have some troubles with Laravel whereIn

Question

So, I am trying to execute:

$table = 'russian_names';
$nameType = 1;
$options = array(1, 2, 6);
$names = DB::table($table)
            ->where('name_type', $nameType)
            ->whereIn('options', $options)
            ->get();

Of course, I have a row in russian_names :

id: 1
name: Vito
name_type: 1
options: 1,2,3,6
short_description: Short description for Vito.
description: Full description for Vito.

But I always get an empty array. I tried to convert each element in $options to string, but still no result. Also, I tried to execute this query without whereIn and it works. And also, when I exucute

select * from `russian_names` where `name_type` = 1 and `options` in (1, 2, 6)

in phpmyadmin it works perfectly. Is there anything I am missing?

UPD : mysql query log showing me this log:

select * from `russian_names` where `name_type` = ? and `options` in (?, ?, ?)

Looks normaly, because

select * from `russian_names` where `name_type` = ?

Works fine and showing me array with result.

Answer 1

options: 1,2,3,6

WHERE options IN (1, 2, 6) means "find rows that have an options value of 1 , 2 , or 6 . It does not mean "magically figure out that options is a CSV string and act as if it's an array of data". You'll need to store the options in another fashion - most likely, a many-to-many sort of relationship.