Laravel load only Model
<p>I want to load only the model to be able to add wheres etc later.</p>

<pre><code>$query = Users;

if($request-&gt;filter == 1) {
   $query = $query-&gt;where('user_access', 'admin');
}

if($request-&gt;otherFilter == 1) {
   $query = $query-&gt;where('user_email', '');
)

$query-&gt;get();
</code></pre>

<p>Although using $query = Users; doesn't work..? </p>