title: select rows (“YYYYMMDD” string format) <= today
body: <p>I have table "billing" that column "X" contain YYYYMMDD (VARCHAR(8), I'm not creator of the table). </p>
  
  <pre><code>$today = Carbon\Carbon::now();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to do :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Select * from billing where X &lt;= $today;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in Raw or Eloquent Laravel?</p>