Custom blade directives not working - syntax error, unexpected ')' - laravel

Question

I'm trying to create a blade directive that checks if the User is logged in AND has an activated account. In our database, we have a user_status column with 0: pending, 9 active.
// AppServiceProvider.php
public function boot()
{
Blade::directive('active', function () {
$condition = false;
// check if the user is authenticated
if (Auth::check()) {
// check if the user has a subscription
if(auth()->user()->getStatus() == 9) {
$condition = true;
} else {
$condition = false;
}
}
return "<?php if ($condition) { ?>";
});
Blade::directive('inactive', function () {
return "<?php } else { ?>";
});
Blade::directive('endactive', function () {
return "<?php } ?>";
});
}
// welcome.blade.php
#active
<p>User is active</p>
#inactive
<p>User is inactive</p>
#endactive
I have included this getStatus() function on my User.php model.
public function getStatus() {
return $this->user_status;
}
I can also use the Trait MustActivateAccount, which includes this feature:
/**
* Determine if the user has activated account.
*
* #return bool
*/
public function hasActivatedAccount()
{
return $this->user_status == 9;
}
This blade directive when added to the page says this error:
Facade\Ignition\Exceptions\ViewException
syntax error, unexpected ')'
Am I not escaping correctly in the AppServiceProvider.php file and if so where and how?

Answer 1

You can try this in your blade template
#if(Auth()->user()->user_status == 9)
<p>User is active</p>
#else
<p>User is inactive</p>
#endif

Answer 2

I had the same issue and the solution turned out to be the boolean $condition variable that had to be set as a string. $condition = "true"; and not $condition = true.
This makes sense since the boolean would not echo out. Thus it would be <?php if() { ?> and not <?php if(true) { ?>.
See below (current version 6.18.41):
// check for Providers
Blade::directive('provider', function () {
// check if the user has the correct type
$condition = Auth::user()->type === "provider" ? "true" : "false"; // ... and not boolean
return "<?php if (" . $condition . ") { ?>";
});
Blade::directive('endprovider', function () {
return "<?php } ?>";
});
... and run: php artisan view:clear