gistfile1.txt

$missingtickets = DB::table('j_ticket AS t')
		->join('j_event AS e', 'e.id', '=', 't.event_id')
		->join('users AS mu', 'mu.id', '=', 't.mod_user_id')
		->join('users AS mc', 'mc.id', '=', 't.created_user_id')
		->select(
			't.id AS t_id', 't.eventDate', 't.purchase_order_id', 't.section', 't.row', 't.seat', 't.updated_at', 't.created_at',
			'e.id AS e_id', 'e.name AS eventname',
			'mu.username AS mod_username',
			'mc.username AS created_username'
			)
		->where('t.eventDate', '>=', '2010-01-01')
		->whereIn('t.id', function($query)
		{
			$query->select('j_ticket.id')
			->from('j_ticket')
			->where('j_ticket.sold', '=', '1')
			->whereNotIn('j_ticket.id', function($query)
			{
				$query->select('j_invoice_ticket.ticket_id')
				->from('j_invoice_ticket')
				->where('j_invoice_ticket.ticket_id', '=', 'j_ticket.id');
			});
		})
		->get();

the SQL i am recreating:

select t.id, e.id, e.name, e.date, e.time, t.purchase_order_id, t.section, t.row, t.seat, t.updated_at, u1.username, t.created_at, u2.username
from j_ticket t
inner join j_event e on e.id = t.event_id
inner join users u1 on u1.id = t.mod_user_id
inner join users u2 on u2.id = t.created_user_id
where e.date > '2009-01-01' and t.id in
(
select id from j_ticket where sold=true and id not in
(
select ticket_id from j_invoice_ticket where ticket_id=j_ticket.id
)
)
order by t.created";