Fulltext eloquent search with Laravel

fulltextsearch.php

    public static function read_search($terms, $limit = 20)
    {
        $contact_results = Contact::where_account_user_id(Auth::user()->account_user_id)
            ->where_deleted(0)
            ->where_marketing(0)
            ->where_mass_merge(0)
            ->raw_where("match (`first`, `last`) against (?)", array($terms))
            ->take($limit)
            ->get();

        return $contact_results;
    }

I added the 'in boolean mode' for some reason results weren't coming up until I did that.

This now does a fulltext search maintaing the Eloquent relationships!!