count parameter must be an array or an object that implements countable in laravel

Question

Have shared my code below:

protected function credentials(Request $request) 
{ 

    $admin=admin::where('email',$request->email)->first(); 
    if(count($admin)) 
    { 

            if($admin->status==0){ 
                return ['email'=>'inactive','password'=>'You are not an active person, Please contact to admin']; 
                  } 

                else{ 
                        return ['email'=>$request->email,'password'=>$request->password,'status'=>1]; 
          } 
    } 
  return $request->only($this->username(), 'password'); 
}

When i run the code this error is displayed as:

"count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable"

Answer 1

You will have to make one change to the lines of code which has been my solution and has worked for me. Please refer to the line mentioned below:-

count(array($variable));