How to create a Eloquent model instance from a raw Object?

Question

I need to make a raw database query using Laravel:

$results = DB::select(\"SELECT * FROM members 
    INNER JOIN (several other tables) 
    WHERE (horribly          


        

Answer 1

You should definetly use Eloquent to perform that.

You might declare the relations between the models, and use the where conditions.

like:

Member::where(......)->get();

This will return an eloquent instance, and you can do whatever you need.