title: how to get all records greater than current date in Laravel when datatype is varchar
body: <p>I am new in Laravel. I have written the query in MYSQL.
  And I want that query in Laravel, can any one help?</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT * FROM `fixtures`
  WHERE STR_TO_DATE(date,'%d-%m-  %Y')&gt;=STR_TO_DATE('03-11-2016','%d-%m-%Y')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Column name is date whose datatype is varchar. I know its wrong DataType for date field.</p>