Most of the time I use the DB::raw to use functions inside eloquent queries.
Something similar to #1, since by the time it gets to the db query the data has been validated many times so I'm not so concerned about injections by that time.
I'm using a model file instead of the DB::table, but the code is relatively the same.
You could PR something, just remember that eloquent supports several db types so it would need to be cross compatible.
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