use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
// Will return a ModelNotFoundException if no user with that id
try
{
$user = User::findOrFail($id);
}
// catch(Exception $e) catch any exception
catch(ModelNotFoundException $e)
{
dd(get_class_methods($e)); // lists all available methods for exception object
dd($e);
}$model = App\Flight::where('name', 'Mike')->firstOrFail();// return first row by id
$user = App\User::where('id',$id)->first();
// or return directly a field
$userId = App\User::where(...)->pluck('id');// Retrieve a model by its primary key...
$flight = App\Models\Flight::find(1);
// Retrieve the first model matching the query constraints...
$flight = App\Models\Flight::where('active', 1)->first();
// Shorthand for retrieving the first model matching the query constraints...
$flight = App\Models\Flight::firstWhere('active', 1);