Answers for "eloquent only do check if user logged in"

check if logged laravel

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

if (Auth::check()) {
    // The user is logged in...
}

check for an existing user laravel eloquent

$users = User::where('email', '=', $request->input('email'))->first();
if ($users === null) {
  // User does not exist
} else {
  // User exits
}