i have the code below
$id = 1;
$idz = 3;
$nums = DB::select(DB::raw('select * from chat_user where user_id in (?, ?) and chat_id in (select chat_id from chat_user group by chat_id having count(*) > 1)'), array($id, $idz));
return $nums->count();
here i have a table named "user_chat" and i want to find out if i select two rows by their "user_id" do they have the same "chat_id". the code works fine when i test it in phpmyadmin's sql section and return the result.
select * from chat_user where user_id in (1, 3) and chat_id in (select chat_id from chat_user group by chat_id having count(*) > 1)
but when i write it in laravel's style i get this error:
Call to a member function count() on a non-object
any help would be really great!