Function to check if a route exists in Laravel 5

checkRoute.php

/**
 * @param $route
 * @return bool
 */
function checkRoute($route) {
    $routes = \Route::getRoutes()->getRoutes();
    foreach($routes as $r){
        if($r->getUri() == $route){
            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;
}

You can put this in a helper file.

Check my blog post on how to create custom helper function files in Laravel 5, if you need to

or

Route::has($route_name);

Thank you so much

updated;

     * @param $route
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    function checkRoute($route)
    {
        if($route[0] === "/"){
            $route = substr($route, 1);
        }
        $routes = \Route::getRoutes()->getRoutes();
        foreach ($routes as $r) {
            /** @var \Route $r */
            if ($r->uri == $route) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

If you also want to check named routes

    /**
     * @param $route
     * @return bool
     */
    function checkRoute($route)
    {
        if($route[0] === "/"){
            $route = substr($route, 1);
        }
        $routes = \Route::getRoutes()->getRoutes();
        foreach ($routes as $r) {
            /** @var \Route $r */
            if ($r->uri == $route) {
                return true;
            }
            if (isset($r->action['as'])) {
                if ($r->action['as'] == $route) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        return false;
    }