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

Laravel 5.6.26v

to find the existing record through primary key ( email or id )

    $user = DB::table('users')->where('email',$email)->first();

then

      if(!$user){
             //user is not found 
      }
      if($user){
             // user found 
      }

include " use DB " and table name user become plural using the above query like user to users