How can I use this mysql query to laravel 5.2? - laravel

Question

I want to use below sql query into laravel 5.2
SELECT * FROM `products` WHERE soundex(`products`.`name`)=soundex('Neckholder Creme');
I Have tried here like
return $query->select([ 'products.slug', 'products.id', 'sku', 'name', 'regular_price', 'sale_price', 'sale_from', 'sale_to', 'stock_status', 'product_type', 'featured_image_id' ])
->with('media_featured_image')
->with('categories')
->where('products.product_type', '<>', 'variation')
->where('products.status', 'publish')
->where(function($query) use ($keyword){
foreach($keyword as $k){
$query->where('soundex(products.name)',soundex($k));
}
})
->paginate(120);
But it gives an error like below and having issue because of `` in column name
Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'soundex(products.name)' in 'where clause' (SQL: select count(*) as aggregate from `products` where exists (select * from `categories` inner join `category_product` on `categories`.`id` = `category_product`.`category_id` where `category_product`.`product_id` = `products`.`id` and `categories`.`slug` <> shoparchiv) and `products`.`product_type` <> variation and `products`.`status` = publish and (`soundex(products`.`name)` = C352 and `soundex(products`.`name)` = J520))
How can I use in Laravel ? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

If you need just basic query then you can use DB::raw (documentation)
select(DB::raw('SELECT * FROM products WHERE soundex(products.name)=soundex("Neckholder Creme")'));
Or you can use whereRaw in eloquent and use it in your existing query (documentaion)
return $query->select([ 'products.slug', 'products.id', 'sku', 'name', 'regular_price', 'sale_price', 'sale_from', 'sale_to', 'stock_status', 'product_type', 'featured_image_id' ])
->with('media_featured_image')
->with('categories')
->where('products.product_type', '<>', 'variation')
->where('products.status', 'publish')
->where(function($query) use ($keyword){
foreach($keyword as $k){
$query->whereRaw("soundex(products.name) = '".soundex($k)."'");
}
})
->paginate(120);
Hope it helps