Laravel 5.1 Create or Update on Duplicate

Question

In Laravel 5.1, for MySQL insert, I want to see if the record already exists and update on duplicate or create new if none exists.

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Answer 1

Add the follow method insertUpdate to your Model

fill($attributes);

        if ($model->usesTimestamps()) {
            $model->updateTimestamps();
        }

        $attributes = $model->getAttributes();

        $query = $model->newBaseQueryBuilder();
        $processor = $query->getProcessor();
        $grammar = $query->getGrammar();

        $table = $grammar->wrapTable($model->getTable());
        $keyName = $model->getKeyName();
        $columns = $grammar->columnize(array_keys($attributes));
        $insertValues = $grammar->parameterize($attributes);

        $updateValues = [];

        if ($model->primaryKey !== null) {
            $updateValues[] = "{$grammar->wrap($keyName)} = LAST_INSERT_ID({$keyName})";
        }

        foreach ($attributes as $k => $v) {
            $updateValues[] = sprintf("%s = '%s'", $grammar->wrap($k), $v);
        }

        $updateValues = join(',', $updateValues);

        $sql = "insert into {$table} ({$columns}) values ({$insertValues}) on duplicate key update {$updateValues}";

        $id = $processor->processInsertGetId($query, $sql, array_values($attributes));

        $model->setAttribute($keyName, $id);

        return $model;
    }
}

You can use:

App\User::insertUpdate([
    'name' => 'Marco Pedraza',
    'email' => 'mpdrza@gmail.com'
]);

The next query it will be executed:

insert into `users` (`name`, `email`, `updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?, ?, ?) on duplicate key update `id` = LAST_INSERT_ID(id),`name` = 'Marco Pedraza',`email` = 'mpdrza@gmail.com',`updated_at` = '2016-11-02 01:30:05',`created_at` = '2016-11-02 01:30:05'

The method automatically add/remove the Eloquent timestamps if you have enabled or disabled.