Laravel Eloquent Query Scopes - OrderByRandom

User.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    /**
     * Scope a query to return a random users Model.
     * https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent#query-scopes
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder
     */
    public function scopeRand($query)
    {
    	static $randomFunctions = [
    		'mysql' => 'RAND()',
    		'pgsql' => 'RANDOM()',
    		'sqlite' => 'RANDOM()',
    		'sqlsrv' => 'NEWID()',
    	];
    	$driver = $this->getConnection()->getDriverName();
    	return $query->orderByRaw($randomFunctions[$driver]);
    }
    // $random_user = App\User::rand()->first();
}