Check if record exists in CakePHP3

Question

In CakePHP 2 I always used empty to check if there any result.

Answer 1

Use something like this:

if ($query->isEmpty()) {
    // Query or result set is empty
}

Answer 2

You can do:

$fancyTable = TableRegistry::get('FancyTable');
$exists = $fancyTable->exists(['name' => 'fancy', 'active' => false]);