laravel query group by month code example

Example 1: Laravel Eloquent, group by month/year

$model->select(DB::raw('count(id) as `data`'), DB::raw("DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%m-%Y') new_date"),  DB::raw('YEAR(created_at) year, MONTH(created_at) month'))
->groupby('year','month')
->get();

Example 2: groupby in laravel

You can use unique('field_name'); instead of groupBy('field_name');
/**
 * Show the application dashboard.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function index()
{
    $messages = Message::select("*")
                            ->where('receiver_id',$id)
                            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
                            ->get()
                            ->unique('sender_id');
  
    dd($messages);
}