why can not find a user with that e-mail address?

Question

public function create(Request $request) { 
    $this->validate($request, [ \'email\' => \'required|email\', ]);
    $user          


        

Answer 1

Try with isEmpty(), Like this :

public function create(Request $request) { 
    
    $validatedData = $request->validate([
        'email' => 'required|email',
    ]);

    $user = User::where('email', $request->email)->first();

    if ($user->isEmpty())  {
        return response()->json([
             'message' => 'We can not find a user with that e-mail address.' 
        ], 404);
     } else {
          return response()->json([
             'message' => 'User is found'], 201 );
     }
}