Eloquent method find() may accept multiple parameters, and then it returns a Collection of all records found with specified columns, not all columns of Model:
// Will return Eloquent Model with first_name and email only$user = User::find(1, ['first_name', 'email']);// Will return Eloquent Collection with first_name and email only$users = User::find([1,2,3], ['first_name', 'email']);
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