Okay so now as I understand your issue, please see the following solution:在这种情况下,您不需要使用DISTINCT,因为分组可以解决问题.
//Option 1 - Select only what you need
$query = Table::select('a', 'b', 'c', 'd')->get();
//Option 2 - if you need more data later
$query = Table::all();
$col_a = array_keys($query->groupby('a')->toArray());
$col_b = array_keys($query->groupby('b')->toArray());
$col_c = array_keys($query->groupby('c')->toArray());
$col_d = array_keys($query->groupby('d')->toArray());
Results:个
$col_a = [a1, a2]
$col_b = [b1, b2, '']
$col_c = [c1, c2, c3]
$col_d = [d1, d2, d3 ,d4]
Group By::
MySQL GROUP BY条声明
将具有相同值的行分组成汇总行,如"查找每个国家/地区的客户数量".https://www.w3schools.com/mysql/mysql_groupby.asp个