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title: 'You can use Eloquent''s `exists()` method to check whether a record exists'
tweet_id: '1520040290911879168'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-17
author_username: ecrmnn
images:
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created_at: 2022-04-29T14:00:20+00:00
slug: you-can-use-eloquents-exists-method-to-check-whether-a-record-exists
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This is old, but still a great feature. Eloquent is so smooth! Check if a record exists in Laravel with exists() and doesNotExists()