I wanted to select two columns and display it as one in my controller. Here is the code I currently have:
public function assignment()
{
$title = "View Parent Assignment";
$vpc = DB::table('dbo_guardianchild')
->join('dbo_students', 'dbo_guardianchild.StudentID', '=' , 'dbo_students.StudentID')
->join('dbo_guardianinformation' , 'dbo_guardianchild.GuardianInformationID' , '=' , 'dbo_guardianinformation.GuardianInformationID')
->select('dbo_students.StudentID' , 'dbo_students.FirstName AS sFname' , 'dbo_students.LastName AS sLname')
->get();
}
Any ideas on how I can combine the dbo_students.FirstName
and dbo_students.LastName
into one column?
You should try DB::raw. Try replacing the code in select as
->select(DB::raw('dbo_students.StudentID' ,'CONCAT(dbo_students.FirstName, " ", dbo_students.LastName) AS full_name'))
And your final code will be
public function assignment()
{
$title = "View Parent Assignment";
$vpc = DB::table('dbo_guardianchild')
->join('dbo_students', 'dbo_guardianchild.StudentID', '=' , 'dbo_students.StudentID')
->join('dbo_guardianinformation' , 'dbo_guardianchild.GuardianInformationID' , '=' , 'dbo_guardianinformation.GuardianInformationID')
->select(DB::raw('dbo_students.StudentID' ,'CONCAT(dbo_students.FirstName, " ", dbo_students.LastName) AS full_name'))
->get();
}