laravel select count

1Sometime for such queries you need to disable the strict check
2 So inside config/database.php and inside mysql, 
3 Set 'strict' => false,
4
5->select('user_id', DB::raw('SUM(points) as total_points'))

1$count = Model::where('status','=','1')->count();

1$users = DB::table('users')
2            ->join('contacts', 'users.id', '=', 'contacts.user_id')
3            ->join('orders', 'users.id', '=', 'orders.user_id')
4            ->select('users.*', 'contacts.phone', 'orders.price')
5            ->get();

1DB::table('users')
2            ->where('name', '=', 'John')
3            ->where(function ($query) {
4                $query->where('votes', '>', 100)
5                      ->orWhere('title', '=', 'Admin');
6            })
7            ->get();

1$users = DB::table('users')
2                    ->whereIn('id', [1, 2, 3])
3                    ->get();

1$count = DB::table('category_issue')->count();