Merge branch 'eusonlito/9.x' into 9.x

src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php

@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class Builder implements BuilderContract
         'max',
         'min',
         'raw',
+        'rawValue',
         'sum',
         'toSql',
     ];

src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php

@@ -2596,6 +2596,20 @@ public function value($column)
         return count($result) > 0 ? reset($result) : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a single expression value from the first result of a query.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $expression
+     * @param  array  $bindings
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function rawValue(string $expression, array $bindings = [])
+    {
+        $result = (array) $this->selectRaw($expression, $bindings)->first();
+
+        return count($result) > 0 ? reset($result) : null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a single column's value from the first result of a query if it's the sole matching record.
      *

tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php

@@ -2464,6 +2464,15 @@ public function testValueMethodReturnsSingleColumn()
         $this->assertSame('bar', $results);
     }
 
+    public function testRawValueMethodReturnsSingleColumn()
+    {
+        $builder = $this->getBuilder();
+        $builder->getConnection()->shouldReceive('select')->once()->with('select UPPER("foo") from "users" where "id" = ? limit 1', [1], true)->andReturn([['UPPER("foo")' => 'BAR']]);
+        $builder->getProcessor()->shouldReceive('processSelect')->once()->with($builder, [['UPPER("foo")' => 'BAR']])->andReturn([['UPPER("foo")' => 'BAR']]);
+        $results = $builder->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->rawValue('UPPER("foo")');
+        $this->assertSame('BAR', $results);
+    }
+
     public function testAggregateFunctions()
     {
         $builder = $this->getBuilder();