Laravel 5.2 DB Query - php

Question

I am trying to use DB to build a query like so:
Get all Distributors belonging to the User with their Accounts that have Notes.
I cant wrap my head around that query. Here is what I had that works in that it gets spits out the info I need in one array but 2 issues: the note name overwrites the account name since they are both called that, and I cant pass in a $user-> to replace the 2
Working (kind of)
$user = Auth::user();
$accounts = DB::table('distributors')
->join('accounts', function ($join) {
$join->on('distributors.vip_abbv', '=', 'accounts.dist_abbv')
->where('distributors.user_id', '=', 2);
})
->join('notes', 'notes.account_id', '=', 'accounts.id')
->select('accounts.name', 'notes.*')
->get();
What I need
$user = Auth::user();
$accounts = DB::table('distributors')
->join('accounts', function ($join, $user) {
$join->on('distributors.vip_abbv', '=', 'accounts.dist_abbv')
->where('distributors.user_id', '=', $user->id);
})
->join('notes', 'notes.account_id', '=', 'accounts.id')
->select('accounts.name (this is overwritten. can I change it to come out account_name so it doesnt?)', 'notes.*')
->get();

Answer 1

Try this for account name:
->select('accounts.name as custom_account_name')
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Try this:
$user = Auth::user();
DB::table('distributors')
->join('accounts', function ($join) use ($user) {
$join->on('distributors.vip_abbv', '=', 'accounts.dist_abbv')
->where('distributors.user_id', '=', $user->id);
})
->join('notes', 'notes.account_id', '=', 'accounts.id')
->select('accounts.name as account_name', 'notes.*')
->get();