Answers for "laravel return if record existts"

laravel check record exists

$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->first();
if ($user === null) {
   // user doesn't exist
}

laravel checking if a record exists

$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->first();
if ($user === null) {
   // user doesn't exist
}

            or
if (User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'))->exists()) {
   // user found
}