php - Laravel create or update without two queries

Question

I'm trying to use one form for both creates and updates. Both actions save through this method:

public function store() {
    $data = Input::all();
    $data['company_id'] = Auth::user()->company_id;
    $validator = Validator::make($data, Feature::$rules);

    if($validator->fails()) {
        return Redirect::back()->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
    }

    Feature::firstOrNew(['id' => Input::get('id')])->update($data);

    return Redirect::route('features.index');
}

How can I rewrite this line:

Feature::firstOrNew(['id' => Input::get('id')])->update($data);

So that it doesn't fetch the object from the database first? There's no need for that; I'm not doing anything with it. It should either issue a INSERT if Input::get('id') is set, or an UPDATE if it's not.

Answer 1

This is what I use:

Model::updateOrCreate(
   ['primary_key' => 8],
   ['field' => 'value', 'another_field' => 'another value']
);

The second parameter is an array of the data for the model you want to save.