Laravel check if updateOrCreate performed an update

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You can figure it out like this:

$tourist = Tourist::updateOrCreate([...]);

if(!$tourist->wasRecentlyCreated && $tourist->wasChanged()){
    // updateOrCreate performed an update
}

if(!$tourist->wasRecentlyCreated && !$tourist->wasChanged()){
    // updateOrCreate performed nothing, row did not change
}

if($tourist->wasRecentlyCreated){
   // updateOrCreate performed create
}

Remarks

From Laravel 5.5 upwards you can check if updates have actually taken place with the wasChanged and isDirty method.

  • isDirty() is true if model attribute has been changed and not saved.
  • wasChanged() is true if model attribute has been changed and saved.

There is also a property (not method!) wasRecentlyCreated to check if user was created or not.

$user = factory(\App\User::class)->create();

$user->wasRecentlyCreated; // true
$user->wasChanged(); // false
$user->isDirty(); // false

$user = \App\User::find($user->id);

$user->wasRecentlyCreated; // false
$user->wasChanged(); // false
$user->isDirty(); // false

$user->firstname="Max";

$user->wasChanged(); // false
$user->isDirty(); // true

$user->save();

$user->wasChanged(); // true
$user->isDirty(); // false

//You can also check if a specific attribute was changed:
$user->wasChanged('firstname');
$user->isDirty('firstname');

You can checkout the link to the laravel’s documentation for wasChanged and isDirty methods.

https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent#examining-attribute-changes or
https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent#examining-attribute-changes

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