Laravel 5.1: handle joins with same column names

Question

I\'m trying to fetch following things from the database:

• user name
• user avatar_name
• user avatar_filetype
• complete conversation_messages<

Answer 1

Take a look at this example of trying to join three tables staffs, customers and bookings(pivot table).

 $bookings = \DB::table('bookings')
        ->join('staffs', 'staffs.id' , '=', 'bookings.staff_id')
        ->join('customers', 'customers.id' , '=', 'bookings.customer_id')
        ->select('bookings.id', 'bookings.start_time',  'bookings.end_time', 'bookings.service', 'staffs.name as Staff-Name',  'customers.name as Customer-Name')
        ->orderBy('customers.name', 'desc')
        ->get();
    return view('booking.index')
            ->with('bookings', $bookings);