Get collection in blade and check if empty

Question

If I want to display the addresses of a user in a blade file I do it like this:

@if(!$user->addresses->isEmpty())
  <ul>
  @foreach ($user->addresses as $address)
      <li >
      {!! displayText($address->toString()) !!}
      </li>
  @endforeach
  </ul>
@endif

If addresses would be an array instead of an collection I could shorten the code to:

@if(!empty($addresses = $user->addresses))
  <ul>
  @foreach ($addresses as $address)
      <li >
      {!! displayText($address->toString()) !!}
      </li>
  @endforeach
  </ul>
@endif

I wonder if there is a better way to check if a collection is empty in a blade file.

Answer 1

You don't need to check if your array is empty before using it in a foreach.

But if you need to check if it is empty (to show a message, for example), you can use the @empty tag.

I'd do something like this: (Check also @forelse):

<ul>
  @forelse ($addresses as $address)
      <li >
      {!! displayText($address->toString()) !!}
      </li>
  @empty($addresses)
      <li> No addresses... </li>
  @endforelse
</ul>

Answer 2

You have to check it to not print empty <ul></ul> but there is an easy way to do this.

You may use HTML::ul() to print array of addresses. You may check documentation from here and example usage from here