This error is not because of the Laravel actually. This is MySQL error and which comes if you have ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY inside the SQL_MODE variable in your DB.

Of course you can handle it at MySQL level by removing ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY from you SQL_MODE.

But Laravel also provides the functionality to handle this error.

check your config/database.php And check if inside the mysql settings there is one that is like:

If you turn 'strict' to false will resolve you issue like;

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