What is The Difference Between find(), findOrFail(), firstOrFail()

find($id) Take single argument and returns a single model. If no matching model exists, it will return null.

#find()

DB::table('packages')->find(16)

== OR ==

Packages::find(16)

#Output:
{
     "id": 16,
     "package_name": "test16",
     "package_amount": "5000",
     "package_status": 0,
     "created_at": "2020-03-05 23:09:12",
     "updated_at": "2020-03-05 23:09:12",
}

findOrFail($id) takes a single argument and returns it will return the first record from the top otherwise it will return an error.

#findOrFail()

DB::table('packages')->findOrFail(18)

== OR ==

Packages::findOrFail(18)

#Output:
{
     "id": 18,
     "package_name": "test18",
     "package_amount": "6000",
     "package_status": 1,
     "created_at": "2020-03-05 22:00:00",
     "updated_at": "2020-03-05 22:02:12",
}

first() returns the first record found in the database. if no match model exist then it will returns null.

#first()

DB::table('packages')->first()

== OR ==

Packages::first()

#Output:
{
    "id": 2,
    "package_name": "test2",
    "package_amount": "10000",
    "package_status": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-02-04 22:57:30",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-15 02:49:50",
}

firstOrFail() returns the first record found in the database. if no matching model exists it will return an error.

#firstOrFail()

Packages::findOrFail(3)

#Output:
{
    "id": 3,
    "package_name": "test3",
    "package_amount": "7000",
    "package_status": 0,
    "created_at": "2020-02-05 14:25:40",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-08 10:00:45",
}

get() returns a collection of models matching the query.

#get()

DB::table('packages')->get()

== OR ==

Packages::get()

#Output:
data:[
    {
        "id": 2,
        "package_name": "test2",
        "package_amount": "10000",
        "package_status": 1,
        "created_at": "2020-02-04 22:57:30",
        "updated_at": "2020-02-15 02:49:50",
    }
    {
       "id": 3,
       "package_name": "test3",
       "package_amount": "7000",
       "package_status": 0,
       "created_at": "2020-02-05 14:25:40",
       "updated_at": "2020-02-08 10:00:45",
   }
   ...
]

pluck($column) take single argument and returns a collection of just the values in the given column.

#pluck()

DB::table('packages')->pluck('package_name')

== OR ==

Packages::pluck('package_name')

#Output:
data:[
   "test2",
   "test3",
   ...
]

toArray() converts the model/collection into a simple php array.

#toArray()

DB::table('packages')->first()->toArray()

== OR ==
Packages::first()->toArray()

#Output:
[
    "id": 2,
    "package_name": "test2",
    "package_amount": "10000",
    "package_status": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-02-04 22:57:30",
    "updated_at": "2020-02-15 02:49:50",
]