How to check if a record already exists in a laravel

Question

Hii everone,

I'm new to Laravel. so please excuse the newbie question but how do I find if a record exists?

$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'));

What can I do here to see if $user has a record?

Answer 1

Hey,

As a newbie it is most common problem that everyone should face.

If you want to use the user object if it exists:

$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->first();
if ($user === null) {
   // user doesn't exist
}

And if you only want to check

if (User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->count() > 0) {
   // user found
}

Or even nicer

if (User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->exists()) {
   // user found
}

Hope by doing or following the above code your problem is solved!

Thank you!