Laravel Checking If a Record Exists
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() > … Read more