Eloquent toRawSQL method
In AppServiceProvider boot method: use Illuminate \ Database \ Eloquent \ Builder ; Builder :: macro ( 'toRawSql' , function () { return array_reduce ( $this -> getBindings () , function ( $sql , $binding ) { return preg_replace ( '/ \? /' , is_numeric ( $binding ) ? $binding : "'" . $binding . "'" , $sql , 1 ) ; } , $this -> toSql ()) ; }) ; Result: $books = Book :: where ( 'author' , 'Ruskin Bond' ) -> toRawSql () ; dd ( $books ) ; // select * from `books` where `author` = 'Ruskin Bond'