php - Is this a good practice? – Eloquent: Getting a table record from a specific column

Question

I want to get an instance of an Eloquent model record based on a specific column that it is not the pk.

So in the controller I'm doing:

$boat = Boat::getByBoatName($boatName);

And in the Boat model I have:

    public static function getByBoatName($boatName)
    {
        return self::where('boat_name', $boatName)->first();
    }

Is this a good practice using self::where and it is a good practice the whole approach in general?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I would just do in the controller:

public function getBoatByName($boatName){
   $boat = Boat::where('name', $boatName)->first();

}