In addition to findOrFail(), there's also Eloquent method firstOrFail() which will return 404 page if no records for query are found.
$user = User::where('name', 'codimth')->firstOrFail();
What is the difference between find(), findOrFail(), first(), firstOrFail(), get(), list(), toArray() in Laravel:
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find($id)takes an id and returns a single model. If no matching model exist, it returnsnull. -
findOrFail($id)takes an id and returns a single model. If no matching model exist, it throws an error 404. -
first()returns the first record found in the database. If no matching model exist, it returnsnull. -
firstOrFail()returns the first record found in the database. If no matching model exist, it throws an error 404. -
get()returns a collection of models matching the query. -
pluck($column)returns a collection of just the values in the given column. In previous versions of Laravel this method was calledlists. -
toArray()converts the model/collection into a simple PHP array.
