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Eloquent ORM 271
We have used the static find() method of our model retrieve an instance of Game representing the
database row with an id value of 1. We can then access the public attributes of the model instance
to retrieve the column values. Let’s visit the / URL to see the result.
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Great, our existing value has been retrieved. The static find() method is inherited from the Eloquent
parent class, and does not need to be created within your model. As I said earlier, there are many
other retrieval methods, which will be covered in a later chapter about querying Eloquent models.
For now, let’s look at how we can update existing table rows.
Updating Existing Models
If you have recently created a new model, then the chances are that you have assigned it to a variable.
In the previous section we created a new instance of our Game model, assigned the instance to the
$game variable, updated its columns and used the save() method to persist it to the database.
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