title: Laravel Checking If a Record Exists
body: <p>I am new to Laravel. How do I find if a record exists?</p>
  <pre class="lang-php prettyprint-override"><code>$user = User::where('email', '=', Input::get('email'));
  </code></pre>
  <p>What can I do here to see if <code>$user</code> has a record?</p>