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Quick Tip

Check if Relationship Method Exists

If your Eloquent relationship names are dynamic and you need to check if relationship with such name exists on the object, use PHP function method_exists($object, $methodName)

$user = User::first();
if (method_exists($user, 'roles')) {
// Do something with $user->roles()->...
}

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