Old question, already answered, I know.
However, nobody seems to mention the Expression class.
Granted, this might not fix your problem because your question leaves it ambiguous as to where in the SQL the Raw condition needs to be included (is it in the SELECT statement or in the WHERE statement?). However, this piece of information you might find useful regardless.
Include the following class in your Model file:
use Illuminate\Database\Query\Expression;
Then inside the Model class define a new variable
protected $select_cols = [
'id', 'name', 'foo', 'bar',
Expression ('(select count(1) from sub_table where sub_table.x = top_table.x) as my_raw_col'), 'blah'
]
And add a scope:
public function scopeMyFind ($builder, $id) {
return parent::find ($id, $this->select_cols);
}
Then from your controller or logic-file, you simply call:
$rec = MyModel::myFind(1);
dd ($rec->id, $rec->blah, $rec->my_raw_col);
Happy days.
(Works in Laravel framework 5.5)