Here is my query using fluent query builder.
$query = DB::table('category_issue')
->select('issues.*')
->where('category_id', '=', 1)
->join('issues', 'category_issue.issue_id', '=', 'issues.id')
->left_join('issue_subscriptions', 'issues.id', '=', 'issue_subscriptions.issue_id')
->group_by('issues.id')
->order_by(DB::raw('COUNT(issue_subscriptions.issue_id)'), 'desc')
->get();
As you can see, I am ordering by a count from the joined table. This is working fine. However, I want this count returned with my selections.
Here is the my raw sequel query that works fine.
Select issues.*, COUNT(issue_subscriptions.issue_id) AS followers
FROM category_issue JOIN Issues ON category_issue.issue_id = issues.id
LEFT JOIN issue_subscriptions ON issues.id = issue_subscriptions.issue_id
WHERE category_issue.category_id = 1
GROUP BY issues.id
ORDER BY followers DESC
How would I select using Laravel's fluent query builder?