Check if row exists, Laravel

Question

I have the following db structure:

items:
id, name, user_id

users table:
id, name

user_favorites table:
id, user_id, item_id

On my items perm

Answer 1

Let User_favorite be a model that accesses your user_favorites table

$result = User_favorite::where('user_id',Auth::getUser()->id)
                         ->where('item_id',$item->id)
                         ->first();

if (is_null($result)) {
// Not favorited - add new
    User_favorite::create(['user_id'=>Auth::getUser()->id,'item_id'=>$item->id]);
} else {
// Already favorited - delete the existing
    $result->delete();
}