Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder::value PHP Method

    public function value($column)
    {
        $result = $this->first([$column]);
        if ($result) {
            return $result->{$column};
        }
    }

 /**
  * Get a single column's value from the first result of a query.
  *
  * @param string $column
  * @return mixed 
  * @static 
  */
 public static function value($column)
 {
     return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder::value($column);
 }