raw laravel code example

Example 1: raw query in laravel with parameters

$someVariable = Input::get("some_variable");
$results = DB::select( DB::raw("SELECT * FROM some_table WHERE some_col = :somevariable"), array(
   'somevariable' => $someVariable,
 ));

DB::statement( 'ALTER TABLE HS_Request AUTO_INCREMENT=:incrementStart', array('incrementStart' => 9999) );

Example 2: join in laravel

$subCategories = Subcategory::join('categories', 'subcategories.category_id', '=', 'categories.id')
                              ->select('subcategories.*', 'categories.name AS cname')
                              ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
                              ->get();