Return Collection after update()? - php

Question

Using Raw, how to return collection of updated row?
For example:
$updated = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->update(['votes' => 123]);
I was expecting dd($updated) to return updated row of collection but it returned 1.
{{$updated->votes}} should return 123

Answer 1

Try this
$updated = tap(DB::table('users')->where('id', 1))
->update(['votes' => 123])
->first();

Answer 2

That's not how it works. You can't expect this query will return you an object:
$updated = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->update(['votes' => 123]);
If you want to use Query Builder only as you mentioned in your question, you'll need to get an object manually:
$data = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->first();
With Eloquent you can use the updateOrCreate():
$data = User::where('id', 1)->updateOrCreate(['votes' => 123]);
This will return an object. update() will return boolean, so you can't use it here.

Answer 3

for version 6: another way with eloquent to return the new updated model by chaining the update method call through tap :
$user = tap($user)->update(['votes' => 123]);

Answer 4

This also returns the updated row:
$user = $user->fill(['votes' => 123])->save();

Answer 5

This trick worked for me:
$updated = DB::select("UPDATE users SET votes = 123 WHERE id = 1 RETURNING votes");
Then, since select returns an array: $votes = $updated[0]->votes;
And I believe you could even retrieve the entire row(s) using RETURNING *
This also work with prepared statements:
$updated = DB::select("UPDATE users SET votes = ? WHERE id = ? RETURNING votes", [$votes, $id]);
IMPORTANT NOTE
I am using a Postgres database. This will work only on a db that supports such a thing as RETURNING

Answer 6

you get the first row again after update see example bellow
$user = User::where('id', 1);
$userOld = $user->first(); // will return the first row
$isUserUpdated = $user->update(['name'=>'new name']); // will return true or false
$updatedUser = $user->first(); // now it will return you the latest updated data
by this example you have old data and new data and is data updated result, now we can return new data.
return response()->json(['status' => $isUserUpdated,'data'=>$updatedUser], 200);

Answer 7

In controller you write below code for update :
$updated = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->update(['votes' => 123])->get();