laravel with function query code example

Example 1: laravel where like

$users = DB::table('users')
                ->where('name', 'like', 'T%')
                ->get();

Example 2: DB::table('users')->get();

DB::select('SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = ?', array(Input::get('name')));

Example 3: DB::table('users')->get();

DB::select('SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = "'.Input::get('name').'"');