First Or Create

Question

I know using:

User::firstOrCreate(array(\'name\' => $input[\'name\'], \'email\' => $input[\'email\'], \'password\' => $input[\'password\']));
         


        

Answer 1

Previous answer is obsolete. It's possible to achieve in one step since Laravel 5.3, firstOrCreate now has second parameter values, which is being used for new record, but not for search

$user = User::firstOrCreate([
    'email' => 'dummy@domain.com'
], [
    'firstName' => 'Taylor',
    'lastName' => 'Otwell'
]);