call element in data from database in laravel code example

Example 1: how to get data from a table in laravel

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $users = DB::table('users')->select('id','name','email')->get();

        return view('some-view')->with('users', $users);
    }
}

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

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