How to check if user has created any post or not in laravel

• Check if user has created posts or not in laravel using has method

  $userHasPosts = User::has('posts')->find(Auth::user()->id);
  dd($userHasPosts);
  
  //app\Models\User.php
  //Model path may be different as per your laravel version
  public function posts(){
      return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
  }
  

  Output :

  Return user details from table if user has created any post

  App\Models\User {#1556 ▼
    #fillable: array:13 [▶]
    #hidden: array:2 [▶]
    #casts: array:1 [▶]
    #connection: "mysql"
    #table: "users"
    #primaryKey: "id"
    #keyType: "int"
    +incrementing: true
    #with: []
    #withCount: []
    +preventsLazyLoading: false
    #perPage: 15
    +exists: true
    +wasRecentlyCreated: false
    #attributes: array:23 [▶]
    #original: array:23 [▶]
    #changes: []
    #classCastCache: []
    #dates: []
    #dateFormat: null
    #appends: []
    #dispatchesEvents: []
    #observables: []
    #relations: []
    #touches: []
    +timestamps: true
    #visible: []
    #guarded: array:1 [▶]
    #rememberTokenName: "remember_token"
  }

  
  If user has not created any post 

   

  null

  This code snippet will return the record from the users table if there are post records (from the related post table) that belong to this particular user exists in the posts table else it will return null.  To achieve this you have to create a users table with column id (primary key) and posts table with user_id (foreign key) in the database. You have to also create a hasMany relationship with name posts in the user model.

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