title: Is there an alternative syntax to Laravel's DB::raw() for querying against a column value?
body: <p>I've got two integer fields <code>sent</code> and <code>limit</code></p>
  
  <p>I want to do the following.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$overdrawn = Store::select('id')
  -&gt;where('status', '=', 'active')
  -&gt;where('sent', '&gt;=', 'limit')
  -&gt;get();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Obviously this looks for columns where the integer value of <code>sent</code> is greater than or equal to the string 'limit' which is not the desired behaviour.</p>
  
  <p>I know I can pass <code>DB::raw('limit')</code> but wondered if there's an alternative syntax that would achieve the same results?</p>
  
  <p>since some people seem confused about the SQL I want to execute it is as follows.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT `id` FROM `store` where `status` = 'active' and `sent` &gt; `limit`;
  </code></pre>