How to find if record is created or updated in updateOrCreate function?

Question

I've a simple post form. Records are saved to database with updateOrCreate function.

I've following records to be stored,

1. user_id
2. product_id
3. review
4. rating

After submitting form, user_id and product_id are used to check if record exist or not. If exist, record will be updated otherwise new record created with the function.

public function updateOrCreate($input)
{
    return $this->model->updateOrCreate(['product_id'=> $input['product_id'],'user_id'=>$input['user_id']],['rating'=>$input['rating'],'review'=>$input['review']]);
}

Is there any built in method to find new record created or existing record updated ?

Any kind of suggestion is appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to determine if the model or given attribute(s) have been modified. And wasChanged() method will help to identify if the model is updated or not.

$model = $this->model->updateOrCreate(['product_id'=> $input['product_id'],'user_id'=>$input['user_id']],['rating'=>$input['rating'],'review'=>$input['review']]);

// It will return true if the record have been modified
$wasChanged = $model->wasChanged();
if ( $wasChanged ) {
    // updated
}
else {
   // created
}

Hope this help you.

Answer 2

There is a public property on Eloquent models called $wasRecentlyCreated . It is set when an insert is performed . And it will only be true after an insert for the same request; not for consecutive requests. If an update has been performed, it will be false .

Be aware that the property is also only true for the exact same model instance. If you reload the model with Product::find($id) , it will be false . What happens if you call refresh() on a model, is unfortunately unclear to me.