The findOrFail method also accepts a list of ids. If any of these ids are not found, then it "fails".
Nice if you need to retrieve a specific set of models and don't want to have to check that the count you got was the count you expected
User::create(['id' => 1]);User::create(['id' => 2]);User::create(['id' => 3]); // Retrieves the user...$user = User::findOrFail(1); // Throws a 404 because the user doesn't exist...User::findOrFail(99); // Retrieves all 3 users...$users = User::findOrFail([1, 2, 3]); // Throws because it is unable to find *all* of the usersUser::findOrFail([1, 2, 3, 99]);
Tip given by @timacdonald87