Laravel Checking If a Record Exists

php laravel laravel-5 eloquent conditional

It depends if you want to work with the user afterwards or only check if one exists.

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}

php laravel laravel-5 eloquent conditional

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

php laravel laravel-5 eloquent conditional

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

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