CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

eloquent get random

>>> Laravel >= 5.2:

User::inRandomOrder()->get();
or to get the specific number of records

// 5 indicates the number of records
User::inRandomOrder()->limit(5)->get();

// get one random record
User::inRandomOrder()->first();

or using the random method for collections:

User::all()->random();
User::all()->random(10); // The amount of items you wish to receive

>>> Laravel 4.2.7 - 5.1:
User::orderByRaw("RAND()")->get();

>>> Laravel 4.0 - 4.2.6:
User::orderBy(DB::raw('RAND()'))->get();

>>> Laravel 3:
User::order_by(DB::raw('RAND()'))->get();