Laravel Eloquent query JSON column with Where In?

Question

I am having trouble querying a json column.

Previously my code was

$query->whereIn(\'user\', $users);

Now i have changed the db type

Answer 1

If $users is array of names then you should iterate over it and add orWhereRaw condition, note that orWhereRaw can accept an array of parameter:

 $users = ["Tom", "Bob"];

 foreach( $users as $user) {
      $leads->orWhereRaw("JSON_CONTAINS(user, ?)", [$user]);
 }

 $leads = $leads->get();

Answer 2

MySQL expects a JSON string:

$leads->whereRaw('JSON_CONTAINS(user, ?)', [json_encode($users)])

In Laravel 5.6.24 you can use whereJsonContains():

$leads->whereJsonContains('user', $users)