Pluck together with first using Query builder

Question

If I want to get get name of first user in database using eloquent I can do something like that:

$user =  User::select('name')->first()->pluck('name');
// or $user =  User::first()->pluck('name');

echo $user;

to get only name of this user as string.

However If I try the same using only query builder:

$user =  DB::table('users')->select('name')->first()->pluck('name');

echo $user;

I get exception:

Call to undefined method stdClass::pluck()

But without using first it will work:

$user =  DB::table('users')->select('name')->where('id',1)->pluck('name');

echo $user;

Is it not possible to use pluck with first using query builder or am I doing something wrong?

PS. Of course I know that I can display any property using $user->name without using pluck but I'm just curious why using Eloquent it works and using Query Builder it works only when not having both first and pluck

Answer 1

Try this one:

$user =  User::pluck('name')->first();
echo $user;