Laravel foreach in if statement - laravel

Question

This is my code
#if ($story)
<table class="table-auto my-3 w-full">
<thead class="justify-between">
<tr class="bg-gray-800">
<th class="px-16 py-2">
<span class="text-gray-300">#Id</span>
</th>
<th class="px-16 py-2">
<span class="text-gray-300">Name</span>
</th>
<th class="px-16 py-2">
<span class="text-gray-300">Description</span>
</th>
<th class="px-16 py-2">
<span class="text-gray-300">Actions</span>
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="bg-gray-200">
#foreach ($story as $item)
<tr class="bg-white border-4 border-gray-200">
<td class="px-16 py-2 flex flex-row items-center">
{{ $item->id }}
</td>
<td>
{{ Str::words($item->name, 3, $end = '...') }}
</td>
<td class="px-16 py-2">
{!! Str::words($item->description, 6, $end = '...') !!}
</td>
<td class="px-16 py-2">
<a href="{{ route('dashboard.story.edit', $item->id) }}">
<button class="bg-blue-500 text-white px-4 py-1 border rounded-md hover:bg-white hover:border-blue-500 hover:text-black">
Edit
</button>
</a>
</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
#else
<p>No results found</p>
#endif
This is my controller
public function index()
{
$story = Story::paginate(10);
return view('admin.story.index', ['story' => $story]);
}
I'm using Laravel 8 and I don't want to show table headers when the value is null. Laravel showing tables headers and not showing the 'No results found' message.
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

when you use paginate, your data split. so if you want check this data empty or not just use
#if( $story->total() )
just replace it with
#if ( $story )