In Either one of the code above, the query will just be 1
$a = Flight::find(1);
is same as
select * from `flights` where `flights`.`id` = 1 limit 1`
Since $a & $b are 2 different variables, though they are calling the same Eloquent function, the queries are different. So the code above will result in 2 queries.
Also object created will be 2.
See here for more about Laravel Eloquent https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent
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