>>> 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();