Laravel Checking If a Record Exists

Question

I am new to Laravel. Please excuse the newbie question but how do I find if a record exists?

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Answer 1

I think below way is the simplest way to achieving same :

    $user = User::where('email', '=', $request->input('email'))->first();
    if ($user) {
       // user doesn't exist!
    }

Answer 2

The Easiest Way to do

    public function update(Request $request, $id)
{


    $coupon = Coupon::where('name','=',$request->name)->first(); 

    if($coupon->id != $id){
        $validatedData = $request->validate([
            'discount' => 'required',   
            'name' => 'required|unique:coupons|max:255',      
        ]);
    }


    $requestData = $request->all();
    $coupon = Coupon::findOrFail($id);
    $coupon->update($requestData);
    return redirect('admin/coupons')->with('flash_message', 'Coupon updated!');
}

Answer 3

The efficient way to check if the record exists you must use is_null method to check against the query.

The code below might be helpful:

$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'));
if(is_null($user)){
 //user does not exist...
}else{
 //user exists...
}

Answer 4

$email = User::find($request->email);
If($email->count()>0)
<h1>Email exist, please make new email address</h1>
endif

Answer 5

One of the best solution is to use the firstOrNew or firstOrCreate method. The documentation has more details on both.

Answer 6

$user = User::where('email', request('email')->first();
return (count($user) > 0 ? 'Email Exist' : 'Email Not Exist');