// Fetching all records with the where clause in conjunction with a column Name a.k.a magic Where Route::get('book_get_whereColumnName', function () { $results = \App\Book::whereTitle('My Fourth Book!')->get(); return $results; }); // Return all books that dont exist. .ie books that have the title column as NULL Route::get('book_get_whereNull', function () { $results = \App\Book::whereNull('title')->get(); return $results; }); /** * AGGREGATES */ // Get the number of books in the database Route::get('book_get_books_count', function () { $booksCount = \App\Book::count(); return $booksCount; }); // Get the number of books that have page count greater than 140 Route::get('book_get_bookPages_count', function () { $booksCount = \App\Book::where('pages_count', '>', 140)->count(); return $booksCount; }); // Get the minimum number of pages i.e books with pages above 120, at least ..but the minimum this // will return 122 Route::get('book_get_books_min_pages_count', function () { $minPagesCount = \App\Book::where('pages_count', '>', 120)->min('pages_count'); return $minPagesCount; }); // Get the maximum number of pages i.e books with pages above 120, return the highest number of pages // this will return 200