Using same table in subquery - laravel

Question

I am failing to convert next SQL code into laravel eloquent:
SELECT t1.template, t1.created_at
FROM sent_emails t1
where created_at = (
select max(created_at) from sent_emails t2 where t2.template = t1.template
)
group by t1.created_at, t1.template
or:
SELECT t1.template, t1.created_at
FROM sent_emails t1
JOIN
(
SELECT Max(created_at) date, template
FROM sent_emails
GROUP BY template
) AS t2
ON t1.template = t2.template
AND t1.created_at = t2.date
group by t1.created_at, t1.template
Both queries return same data set. Creating subquery in separate variable is not an option as I need multiple values to be returned from it.
I also don't know how can I set alias name if I create table using models (and not using DB::), so this is my unsuccessful try:
$sent_emails = SentEmail::where('created_at', function($query) {
SentEmail::where('template', 't1.template')->orderBy('created_at', 'desc');
})->groupBy('template', 'created_at')->get(['template', 'created_at']);

Answer 1

You query should be something like this (I'm not at a computer to test this, so it may require further editing)
$sent_emails = SentEmail::where('created_at', function($query) {
$query->where('created_at', SentEmail::->whereColumn('column_name', 'table.column_name')->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->max('created_at'));
})->groupBy('template', 'created_at')->get(['template', 'created_at']);