pluck('user_id'); $project_members = User::whereIn('id', $user_ids) ->select('id', DB::raw("CONCAT(COALESCE(surname, ''),' ',COALESCE(first_name, ''),' ',COALESCE(last_name,'')) as full_name")); //filter by assigned member if (! empty($user_id)) { $project_members->where('id', $user_id); } $project_members = $project_members->pluck('full_name', 'id'); return $project_members; } }