Selecting last row of a table -

Category: Eloquent ORM Topic: Eloquent Builder Created: 3 years ago

It can be done using latest() method. Here function parameter can be empty or it can have field name upon which sorting will be descending. Example below

// last row sorted descending with ID with empty parameter
Post::latest()->first()
//or last row sorted descending by given field name which is given title here
Post::latest('title')->first()

Last Edited: 3 years ago

Selecting last row of a table

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