src/Database/NestedSet/Builder.php
public function withDepth($as = 'depth')
    {
        if ($this->query->columns === null) $this->query->columns = ['*'];

        $table = $this->wrappedTable();

        list($lft, $rgt) = $this->wrappedColumns();

        $alias = '_d';
        $wrappedAlias = $this->query->getGrammar()->wrapTable($alias);

        $query = $this->model
            ->newScopedQuery('_d')
            ->toBase()
            ->selectRaw('count(1) - 1')
            ->from($this->model->getTable().' as '.$alias)
            ->whereRaw("{$table}.{$lft} between {$wrappedAlias}.{$lft} and {$wrappedAlias}.{$rgt}");

        $this->query->selectSub($query, $as);

        return $this;
    }
public function withDepth($as = 'depth')
    {
        if ($this->query->columns === null) $this->query->columns = ['*'];

        $table = $this->wrappedTable();

        list($lft, $rgt) = $this->wrappedColumns();

        $alias = '_d';
        $wrappedAlias = $this->query->getGrammar()->wrapTable($alias);

        $query = $this->model
            ->newScopedQuery('_d')
            ->toBase()
            ->selectRaw('count(1) - 1')
            ->from($this->model->getTable().' as '.$alias)
            ->whereRaw("{$table}.{$lft} between {$wrappedAlias}.{$lft} and {$wrappedAlias}.{$rgt}");

        $this->query->selectSub($query, $as);

        return $this;
    }
Include depth level into the result.

@param string $as

@return $this