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

This will check if particular email address exist in the table:

if (isset(User::where('email', Input::get('email'))->value('email')))
{
    // Input::get('email') exist in the table 
}

Answer 2

here is a link to something l think can assist https://laraveldaily.com/dont-check-record-exists-methods-orcreate-ornew/