Level 75
It shoul be a property.
$post->exists;
Dec 4, 2020
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Level 5
Eloquent make exists return true
Hi guys I have the code below
$post = Post::make();
dd($post->exists()); // true
Is this the correct behaviour for exists method?
I thought exists is to check whether the record exists in database?
Thanks in advance.
Level 5
So to check if the model is exists in the database or not, we can use $post->exists or $post->getKey() right?
Level 75
$post->exists is correct.
https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/8.x/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php#L95
Level 102
Or you could just query the database.. Be aware that make() does not query the data
$post = Post::find(22);
if ($post) {
//post will be null if not found and this code isnt run
}
Level 102
Just tried that exact code and the exists query is compiled to the following
select exists(select * from `posts` where `posts`.`deleted_at` is null) as `exists`
Level 5
So this is why it return true? Hmm, I always thought that exists() will if there is a record in the database..
Level 48
You can use exists() on queries, $post = Post::make(); is not a query, with this code you are only creating and returning an un-saved model instance.
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