string

Cell content will be simple field value from your model or one of related models.

Column::string('{field name}', '{column label}')

Field Name

Field name can be one of the following:

• Field from your model (from database or using mutators).

  Column::string('title')

  Column::string('url')

• Field from your model relations

  Column::string('category.title') // category() creates belongs-to relation

  Column::string('city.state.title') // you can use nested relations

Order by Custom Value

Column::string('full_name')->orderBy('last_name')

Displays full_name as cell content, but orders by last_name.