MySQL YEAR() equivalent in Laravel query builder

Question

With MySQL, I can use the YEAR() function like this to filter by the year of a date field in a WHERE clause:

SELECT noworkorder FROM workorders WHERE YEAR(date)=2015;

In Laravel, I can of course achieve the same thing with a raw expression:

$data = DB::table('workorders')
       ->select('noworkorder')
       ->where(DB::raw('YEAR(date)=2015'))
       ->orderby('noworkorder', 'desc')
       ->get();

But is there a way to do this without raw expressions?

Answer 1

The query builder has a whereYear method:

$data = DB::table('workorders')
   ->select('noworkorder')
   ->whereYear('date', '=', 2015)
   ->orderby('noworkorder', 'desc')
   ->get();