Edited for Clarity:
I need some way for this Query to only return distinct course_ids in the
->wherein('course_id', $array)
part of the query. It gets the total number of completed courses, but if a user has completed a course more than once it counts it toward the total. So if you want to know how many students have done a course, the number will be off if a student has completed a course more than once.
public function report_count(){
$array = \Session::get('course_report')['course'];
return $this->hasOne('Tracking', 'roster_id')
->selectRaw('roster_id, count(*) as aggregate')
->where('status', 1)
->wherein('course_id', $array)
->groupBy('roster_id');
I've tried adding groupBy('course_id') at the end but it does not work.
Fixed. Changed the query to
return $this->hasOne('Tracking', 'roster_id')
->selectRaw('roster_id, count(distinct course_id) as aggregate')
->where('status', 1)
->wherein('course_id', $array)
->groupBy('roster_id');
per @Robin R suggestion, I went on a search of ways to utilize SQL in my selectRaw query instead of trying this the eloquent way. Thanks to all who helped me brainstorm though this one.