Converting complex SQL select to Laravel Eloquent - php

Question

I am new to Laravel and trying to support an existing application that is in Laravel 5. I am trying to convert the following SQL to eloquent structure
SELECT s.id,
CONCAT(u.first_name, ' ', u.last_name) AS user_name,
u.avatar_location AS user_img,
s.employee_photo,
d.name AS department,
seg.name AS segment,
s.survey_title,
s.before_action,
s.before_picture,
s.action,
s.action_date,
s.after_action,
s.after_picture,
s.nominated,
s.awarded,
s.created_at,
s.updated_at,
(SELECT COUNT(1) FROM likes l WHERE l.survey_id = s.id) AS likes,
(SELECT COUNT(1) FROM likes l WHERE l.survey_id = s.id AND l.user_id = 5) AS UserLikes,
(SELECT COUNT(1) FROM comments c WHERE c.survey_id = s.id ) AS comments
FROM surveys s
JOIN departments d
ON s.department = d.id
JOIN segments seg
ON s.segment_id = seg.id
JOIN users u
ON s.user_id = u.id
WHERE s.status = 'Approved'
ORDER BY s.action_date DESC
LIMIT 20 OFFSET 20
I know enough Laravel to know that my basic start would probably be
$surveys = DB::table('surveys')
->join('departments', 'surveys.department', '=', 'departments.id')
->join('segments', 'surveys.segment_id', '=', 'segments.id')
->join('users', 'surveys.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
->where('surveys.status', 'Approved')
->orderBy('surveys.action_date')
->skip(20)-take(20)
->select(...)->get();
However, I am not sure how to do the subqueries. Looking for any suggestions.
Thanks!

Answer 1

For select statements, you can use DB::raw().
$surveys = DB::table('surveys')
->join('departments', 'surveys.department', '=', 'departments.id')
->join('segments', 'surveys.segment_id', '=', 'segments.id')
->join('users', 'surveys.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
->where('surveys.status', 'Approved')
->orderBy('surveys.action_date')
->skip(20)-take(20)
->select([DB::raw('(SELECT COUNT(1) FROM likes l WHERE l.survey_id = s.id) AS likes'),
...
])
->get();
Similarly, select statements would go under the select array. Just so to be clear, the result will be a collection.