DB::listen(function($sql) { foreach ($sql->bindings as $i => $binding) { if ($binding instanceof \DateTime) { $sql->bindings[$i] = $binding->format('\'Y-m-d H:i:s\''); } else { if (is_string($binding)) { $sql->bindings[$i] = "'$binding'"; } } } $query = str_replace(array('%', '?'), array('%%', '%s'), $sql->sql); $query = vsprintf($query, $sql->bindings); var_dump($query); });