laravel eloquent latest is returning first code example
Example 1: laravel eloquent get first
// return first row by id
$user = App\User::where('id',$id)->first();
// or return directly a field
$userId = App\User::where(...)->pluck('id');
Example 2: eloquent first
$user = User::where('mobile', Input::get('mobile'))->get();
if (!$user->isEmpty()){
$firstUser = $user->first()
}