value () in Laravel
$userID = User::where('username', $username)->value('id');
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$userID = User::where('username', $username)->value('id');
public function postFav($username, $URLtitle) {
$user = User::where('username', $username)->first();
$userID = User::where('username', $username)->value('id');
$image = Images::where('url_title', $URLtitle)->first();