[REQUEST] Bringing dynamic wheres back

[mitchellvanw]

I really really (really) like the idea of having dynamic wheres back in #L4.
It makes your code look a bit more clearer in my opinion.
Since we are following the PSR standards, it'd be cool if it was camelCase, instead of the snake_case one.

$user = User::whereName($name)->first();

I'm not sure if this was already in the making, but it would be awesome if this was available.

Anyone else missing this?

[JoostK]

It has been proposed before, but is not implemented because of the conversion from camelCase back to snake_case (which is of course possible). However, in L4 it is possible to dismiss the second parameter (the comparator) so you can now use:

$user = User::where('name', $name)->first();

Which I think is just as nice to look at and it's clearer which column is actually involved, because there is no conversion going on.