In this article, we will see laravel 8 get the latest records from the database. In PHP, you can use order by clause with descending order to get the last record from the database but in laravel, you can simply get the last record using the laravel 8 eloquent model. Laravel provides the latest() method to get the last record from the database.
So, let's see how to get the last record in laravel 8 or laravel 8 to get the last record SQL query.
Get Latest Records Using Laravel: Example 1: $user = DB::table('users') ->latest() ->first(); Enter fullscreen mode