foreach($self_conversations as $self_conversations_fetch){
    //fetching each conversation id
    $conversation_id = Conversation::find($self_conversations_fetch->conversation_id);
    $user_id = array();

//fetching each conversation member's id
    foreach($conversation_id->conversationsMember as $conversationmembers)
        $user_id[] = $conversationmembers->user_id;

        $self_id = User::where('email', Session::get('email'))->first()->id;
        $self_id_array = array($self_id);
        $friend_id_array = array_diff($user_id, $self_id_array);

        foreach($friend_id_array as $friend_id) array_push($friend_ids, $friend_id);

    $conversations_reply_obj = ConversationReply::where('conversation_id', $self_conversations_fetch->conversation_id)->orderBy('updated_at', 'desc')->first();

    $conversations_reply[] = $conversations_reply_obj['reply'];
}

$conversations_reply[] = $conversations_reply_obj['reply'];

$users = User::all(); // returns a collection

$users = User::all();
$users->first();

$user = User::first();

$users = User::all();
$users = User::get(0) // to get first item/model
$users = User::get(1) // to get second item/model

$users = User::get(); // same as all
// pass the collection to the view
return View::make('users.index')->with('users', $users);

@foreach($users as $user)
    {{ $user->username }}<br />
    {{ $user->email }}<br />
@endforeach

$user = user::find(1); // 1 is id for example
return View::make('users.index')->with('user', $user);

$user = User::where('username', 'me')->get();
return View::make('users.index')->with('user', $user);

{{ $user->name }}
{{ $user['name'] }}

$student->school->school_name