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search by firstname or lastname or nickname

Please i have this and am able to search by fistname only i want to search by lastname and nickname which are also found in my database, how do i do that? $member = Request::get('keyword'); DB::select("SELECT * FROM members WHERE firstname LIKE '%".$member."%' ");

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veve286
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why dont you use orWhere( )? Easy in eloquent way


 $member = Request::get('keyword');
$members=App\Member::where('firstname','like',"$member%")->orWhere('lastname','like',"$member%")->orWhere('nickname','like',"$member%")->get( );

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