Answers for "check if a row exists in laravel 8"

laravel check record exists

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

laravel 8 check if record exists

$subscription_count = DB::table('subscriptions')->where('pid_user',$pid_user)->count();

        //check if any subscription plan exists
        if($subscription_count == 0)
        { 
          //record does not exist 
        }else{
          //record exists
        }