get current date data in laravel code example

Example 1: get current date laravel

use Carbon\Carbon;
$date = Carbon::now();

Example 2: where('created_at', '=', date('Y-m-d'));

$q->whereDate('created_at', '=', date('Y-m-d'));

Example 3: where('created_at', '=', date('Y-m-d'));

$q->where(DB::raw("DATE(created_at) = '".date('Y-m-d')."'"));