laravel left join using code example

Example 1: laravel join

Inner Join 	: ->join('contacts', 'users.id', '=', 'contacts.user_id')
Left Join 	: ->leftJoin('posts', 'users.id', '=', 'posts.user_id')
Right Join 	: ->rightJoin('posts', 'users.id', '=', 'posts.user_id')
Cross Join 	: ->crossJoin('colors')

Advance Queries : 
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 		->join('contacts', function ($join) {
            $join->on('users.id', '=', 'contacts.user_id')
                 ->where('contacts.user_id', '>', 5);
        })

Example 2: laravel join

$latestPosts = DB::table('posts')
                   ->select('user_id', DB::raw('MAX(created_at) as last_post_created_at'))
                   ->where('is_published', true)
                   ->groupBy('user_id');

$users = DB::table('users')
        ->joinSub($latestPosts, 'latest_posts', function ($join) {
            $join->on('users.id', '=', 'latest_posts.user_id');
        })->get();