public function getUserVoteStatus($id, $userId) { $proposition = Proposition::find($id); $user = User::find($userId); $userHasVoted = false; if ($user->belongsToSchool() == true) { if (Votes::wherePropositionIdAndVoteSchoolEmail($proposition->propositionId(), $user->googleEmail())->count() == 1) { $userHasVoted = true; } } return $userHasVoted; }