Laravel Eloquent - Update() function always return true -

consider code

return user::find($user_id)->update($data_array)?true:false; 

if $data_array have columns not present in user related table. above statement return true.

e.g: $data_array=['not_in_the_table'=>'value'];

return user::find($user_id)->update($data_array)?true:false; 

returns true. condition when update returns 0 i.e. false?

you cannot error false there because validation of laravel use library.

for laravel 4.2

public function update($user_id) {   $data_array = input::all();   $validator = validator::make(     $data_array,     array('name' => 'required|min:5')   );    if ($validator->passes()) {     // success true     user::find($user_id)->update($data_array)   } else {     //failed false   } } 

for more information validator hope you