<ul><li>Understanding the raw SQL query can be beneficial in several cases: Debugging, Logging, Optimization.</li><li>Laravel provides a convenient method to retrieve the SQL query with bindings.</li><li>The toSql() method returns the raw SQL query as a string without executing it.</li><li>There are multiple ways to retrieve the raw SQL query in Laravel, such as using toSql() method, manually replacing bindings, logging queries using query listeners, and using Laravel Debugbar.</li></ul>

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