How to query between two dates using Laravel and Eloquent?

Question

I'm trying to create a report page that shows reports from a specific date to a specific date. Here's my current code:

$now = date('Y-m-d');
$reservations = Reservation::where('reservation_from', $now)->get();

What this does in plain SQL is select * from table where reservation_from = $now.

I have this query here but I don't know how to convert it to eloquent query.

SELECT * FROM table WHERE reservation_from BETWEEN '$from' AND '$to

How can I convert the code above to eloquent query? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

The whereBetween method verifies that a column's value is between two values.

$from = date('2018-01-01');
$to = date('2018-05-02');

Reservation::whereBetween('reservation_from', [$from, $to])->get();

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In some cases you need to add date range dynamically. Based on @Anovative's comment you can do this:

Reservation::all()->filter(function($item) {
  if (Carbon::now->between($item->from, $item->to) {
    return $item;
  }
});

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If you would like to add more condition then you can use orWhereBetween. If you would like to exclude a date interval then you can use whereNotBetween.

Reservation::whereBetween('reservation_from', [$from1, $to1])
  ->orWhereBetween('reservation_to', [$from2, $to2])
  ->whereNotBetween('reservation_to', [$from3, $to3])
  ->get();

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Other useful where clauses: whereIn, whereNotIn, whereNull, whereNotNull, whereDate, whereMonth, whereDay, whereYear, whereTime, whereColumn, whereExists, whereRaw.

Laravel docs about Where Clauses.