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laravel json eloquent PHP

This might be a silly question, but I'm working with an scenario with querying a nested JSON field in Laravel 9. I've got a `products` table that includes a `details` column, which is a JSON field. The structure looks somewhat like this: ```json { "specs": { "color": "red", "size": "M" }, "availability": ["in_stock", "pre_order"] } ``` I want to retrieve all products that have a specific color in their specs. So, I wrote the following query: ```php $products = Product::whereJsonContains('details->specs->color', 'red')->get(); ``` However, this query returns an empty collection, even though I have products that match the criteria. I also tried using `where` instead of `whereJsonContains`, but that did not yield any results either. I've verified that the data in the database is formatted correctly, and I'm able to retrieve the `details` field directly using `get()` without filtering. I considered that perhaps the JSON structure might be causing the scenario, but I double-checked that the JSON is valid. I’m running Laravel 9.19 and using MySQL 8.0. I’ve also cleared the cache and made sure there are no issues with other parts of my application. Has anyone encountered a similar question or have any insights on how to properly query nested JSON fields in Laravel? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on a service that needs to handle this.