Good to know, if you want to find out if a model was newly created or found:

Didn’t know about the wasRecentlyCreated model attribute to check if the model was created or found:

$dog = Dog::firstOrCreate([
    'name' => 'Barkalot'
]);

if ($dog->wasRecentlyCreated) {
    // Welcome the new dog
} else {
    // We already know the cute dog
}

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