Laravel Check If Related Model Exists

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In php 7.2+ you can’t use count on the relation object, so there’s no one-fits-all method for all relations. Use query method instead as @tremby provided below:

$model->relation()->exists()

generic solution working on all the relation types (pre php 7.2):

if (count($model->relation))
{
  // exists
}

This will work for every relation since dynamic properties return Model or Collection. Both implement ArrayAccess.

So it goes like this:

single relations: hasOne / belongsTo / morphTo / morphOne

// no related model
$model->relation; // null
count($model->relation); // 0 evaluates to false

// there is one
$model->relation; // Eloquent Model
count($model->relation); // 1 evaluates to true

to-many relations: hasMany / belongsToMany / morphMany / morphToMany / morphedByMany

// no related collection
$model->relation; // Collection with 0 items evaluates to true
count($model->relation); // 0 evaluates to false

// there are related models
$model->relation; // Collection with 1 or more items, evaluates to true as well
count($model->relation); // int > 0 that evaluates to true

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