select using as in laravel code example

Example 1: join in laravel eloquent

$customer = DB::table('customers')
                ->join('shops', 'customers.shop_id', '=', 'shops.shop_id')
                ->where('customer_contact', $contact_no)
                ->get();

Example 2: laravel db::query update

DB::table('user')->where('email', $userEmail)->update(array('member_type' => $plan));