1. Determining if the record on firstOrCreate was new or not

$product = Product::firstOrCreate(...)

if ($product->wasRecentlyCreated()) {
// New product
} else {
// Existing product
}

2. Find related IDs on a BelongsToMany Relationship

$user->roles()->allRelatedIds()->toArray();

3. abort_unless()

// Instead of
public function show($ite...