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  DB::beginTransaction()   will only begin a transaction, while for   DB::transaction()   you must pass a Closure function that will be executed   inside   a transaction. So this: DB:: transaction ( function () { // Do something and save to the db... }); is the same as this: // Open a try/catch block try { // Begin a transaction DB:: beginTransaction (); // Do something and save to the db... // Commit the transaction DB:: commit (); } catch (\ Exception $e ) { // An error occured; cancel the transaction... DB:: rollback (); // and throw the error again. throw $e ; } As you can see,  DB::transaction()  is a "helper" function to avoid writing code to catch errors, begin a transaction, commit the transaction, and optionally rollback (cancel the transaction) if an error occured. If you have a more complex logic, or need an specific behaviour, you will manually build your transaction; if your lo...