How to check if a record is new in Laravel?

Question

I recently started using Eloquent.

When I used PHP Active Record, there was a nice function that checked if a record was loaded from the database or is a new instan

Answer 1

We can use $appends on model if you will use it many times.. for example to check if the newly created comment is edited after created.

class Comment extends Model
{
     protected $appends = ['is_edited'];

     public function getIsEditedAttribute()
     {
          return $this->attributes['is_edited'] = ($this->created_at != $this->updated_at) ? true : false;
     }
}

You can use it like

$comment = Comment::findOrFail(1);

if($comment->is_edited){
      // write your logic here
}