Laravel how to update value in mysql only if value is changed

Question

I'm new to Laravel. All I'm trying to do is as follow:

I have some fields in my form like TITLE, DESCRIPTION.

TITLE field is unique in database.

This is what I've done to update my values.

$product              = Product::find($id); 
$product->title       = $request->title;
$product->description = $request->description;
$product->save();

But this will give error (that value already exists) as my TITLE field is unique.

All I want to is update my TITLE only if the TITLE value is changed otherwise update the same value but update other fields. Thanks

Answer 1

Something like this?

$product = Product::find($id);

if ($product->title == $request->title) {
    $product->description = $request->description;
} else {
    $product->title = $request->title;
}

$product->save();