How To Fetch Resources Randomly in Laravel with a Single Line Of Code.

Have you encountered a challenge where you need to fetch records from the database in no particular order using Laravel?

I found myself at this point once and here is how I solved it. All thanks to dear Google!😍

This is a regular SQL query to fetch records randomly:

select * from `users` order by RAND() ``` But in Laravel, there is a method named ```inRandomOrder()``` which simply fetches the records in random order. Here is a list of the few ways this method can be used: ```PHP //Fetch all records in random order Model::inRandomOrder()->get(); // 5 indicates the number of records Model::inRandomOrder()->limit(5)->get(); //Fetc all records in pages or sets of 6 Model::inRandomOrder()->paginate(6)->get(); // get one random record Model::inRandomOrder()->first() 

The helper method can also be used like this:

Model::where('name',$name)->inRandomOrder()->get(); 

PS: The inRandomOrder() method can also be used alongside other helper methods for fetching records like paginate() and limit().

Thats It!😍

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