One of the many features that doesn't appear to be widely discussed regarding Eloquent, is the ability to use dynamic information in the where clauses.
Assuming that you have a Users model and want to retrieve a result based on email. It's known that you can query the database as such:
return $this->users->where('email', 'foo@bar.baz')->first();Did you know that you could also write the query as:
return $this->users->whereEmail('foo@bar.baz')->first();You can even add multiple fields:
return $this->users->whereNameAndAge('Foo', 100)->first();The above can result in more readable code as opposed to chaining where clauses. It depends on the query though and preference.