Laravel not inserting into table - sql

Question

Basically I need to have a e-mail verification system. For clarity, I will post only needed chunks of code that have impact whatsoever. When user registers, a random 40 string token is generated and sent to them, that code is appended to the route like this:
Route::get('/user/verify/{token}', 'RegisterController#verifyUser');
So when user clicks on that link supposedly route should call this:
RegisterController:
public function verifyUser($token){
$verifyUser = new VerifyUser();
$verifyUser->token = $token;
$verifyUser->getByToken();
$user = new User();
$user->id = $verifyUser->user_id;
$user->get();
if(isset($verifyUser)){
if(!$user->verified){
$user->updateVerifiedStatus();
$status = "Uspešno ste verifikovali e-mail adresu. Sada se možete ulogovati";
} else{
$status = "Već ste se verifikovali.";
}
} else{
return redirect('/')->with('error', "Vaš e-mail ne postoji");
}
return redirect('/')->with('status', $status);
}
verify_user is table which has an id of the user, and the token field, and if user is not registered, there will be no instance of that user in the table, therefore -> if(isset($verifyUser)),
also, user table has an 'verified' field, which is a boolean and stores true and false values, therefore -> if(!$user->verified).
And here are models which are used in the above mentioned controller
VerifyUser:
class VerifyUser
{
public $user_id;
public $token;
public $created_at;
public $updated_at;
public function getByToken()
{
$result =
DB::table('verify_users')
->select('*')
->where('token', $this->token)
->first();
return $result;
}
public function create()
{
$result =
DB::table('verify_users')
->insert([
'user_id' => $this->user_id,
'token' => $this->token,
]);
return $result;
}
}
User
class User
{
public function get()
{
$result =
DB::table('users')
->select('*')
->where('id', $this->id)
->first();
return $result;
}
public function updateVerifiedStatus()
{
$data = [
'verified' => true,
];
$result =
DB::table('users')
->where('id', $this->id)
->update($data);
return $result;
}
}
So, when I click the link, everything passess, I get the success status, which tells me that $user->updateVerifiedStatus() funct is returned succesfully. But, when I check the table, the field is still false, and is not updated. Any ideas?