How do I compare dates using Eloquent in Laravel? - laravel

Question

When I run this code,
$entry_id = Entry::where(function($q)use($intern,$input){
$q->where('interna_id',$intern['id']);
$q->where('created_at','=','2015-06-06');
})->first(['id']);
it gives
select `id` from `entries` where (`interna_id` = 1 and `created_at` = 2015-06-06) limit 1
and as you can see, the date is not enclosed in ''. This causes a problem and MySQL will not be able to find the record. For example, if I add the '', like so,
select `id` from `entries` where (`interna_id` = 1 and `created_at` = '2015-06-06') limit 1
The query is able to retrieve the correct record.
Note:The created_at is using Date format, not DateTime

Answer 1

created_at is of type date for laravel. It uses the Carbon package and expects such an object. You would have to do something like:
$entry_id = Entry::where(function($q)use($intern,$input){
$q->where('interna_id',$intern['id']);
$q->where('created_at','=', Carbon::parse('2015-06-06'));
})->first(['id']);
please note you have to include the library on the page using;
use Carbon\Carbon;enter code here
Alternatively you could use DB::raw for the date as well (untested):
$entry_id = Entry::where(function($q)use($intern,$input){
$q->where('interna_id',$intern['id']);
$q->where('created_at','=', \DB::raw('2015-06-06'));
})->first(['id']);