Laravel Where Clause - Pgsql query - database

Question

I want to know whether any value of the column fileType has the value of $fileType. I want to give an error msg if there is no atleast 1 such row. I'm getting a wrong but big output for dd($data); here. May i know how to accomplish this correctly
$data=Filesizes::where('FileType',$fileType);
dd($data);
die();
if($data){
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
}
else{
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed']);
}

Answer 1

You have use first or exists
$data=Filesizes::where('FileType',$fileType)->exists();
if($data){
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
}
else{
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed']);
}

Answer 2

You need to add ->get(), ->first() or ->exists() to actually retrieve your results, at the moment $data is a Query Builder object and not a collection of Filesizes.
I'd recommend Filesizes being singular too, i.e. Filesize, as that tends to be the convention for model names, same for Uploads.
$data = Filesizes::where('FileType', $fileType)->get();
if ($data->count() > 0) {
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
} else {
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed']);
}

Answer 3

Use first() of count() to check record exist or not:
$data=Filesizes::where('FileType',$fileType)->first();
if($data){
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
}
else{
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed']);
}
By count()
$data=Filesizes::where('FileType',$fileType)->count();
if($data > 0){
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
}
else{
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed']);
}

Answer 4

You ca use the result you already have, you dont need to do a second seperate query to get the maxFileSize
$maxFileSize = Filesizes::where('FileType',$fileType)->value('MaxFileSize');
if($maxFileSize !== null){
Uploads::create($dataToInsert);
} else {
return response()->json(['status'=>'Failed'], 422);
}