How to get a 'Not Found' result after searching in laravel - laravel

Question

I would like to have a "not found"-result if the query has no matches in the database.
Here is my result.blade.php:
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
#foreach ($result as $object)
<div class="container pb-5">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">
<h3>Details for the animal</h3>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<div class="col-12">
<p><strong>Serial Number: </strong>{{ $object->reference }}</p>
<p><strong>Animal Type: </strong>{{ $object->animal->type->category }}</p>
<p><strong>Farm: </strong>{{ $object->animal->user->name }}</p>
<p><strong>Date Of Birth: </strong>{{ $object->animal->dateOfBirth }}</p>
<p><strong>Farm Location: </strong>{{ $object->animal->user->address->city }}</p>
<p><strong>Clinic: </strong>{{ $object->animal->clinic->user->name ?? 'Was Not Checked by a Clinic' }}</p>
<p><strong>Clinic Location: </strong>{{ $object->animal->clinic->user->address->city }}</p>
<p><strong>Vaccination: </strong>
{{ $object->animal->clinic->vaccine1 ?? 'N/A' }},
{{ $object->animal->clinic->vaccine2 ?? 'N/A'}},
{{ $object->animal->clinic->vaccine3 ?? 'N/A'}},
{{ $object->animal->clinic->vaccine4 ?? 'N/A'}},
{{ $object->animal->clinic->vaccine5 ?? 'N/A'}}</p>
<p><strong>Abattoir House: </strong>{{ $object->user->name }}</p>
<p><strong>Abattoir Location: </strong>{{ $object->user->address->city }}</p>
<p><strong>Slaughtered Date: </strong>{{ $object->created_at }}</p>
<p><strong>Slaughtered Weight: </strong>{{ $object->weight }} Kg</p>
<p><stong>Abattoir Displacement Date</stong>{{ $object->dateOfDisplacement }}</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">
<h3><strong>About </strong>{{ $object->animal->user->name }}</h3>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<div class="col-12">
<h4 style="font-style: italic; color: gray">{{ $object->animal->user->description ?? 'There is No Details about this farm'}}</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endforeach
#endsection
As I am looping through the result, I cannot use the "if not"
or my controller. As you can see I tried the "if not" which is not showing anything:
public function getResult($serial_number) {
$result = Slaughter::where('reference', 'like', "%{$serial_number}%")
->with('user', 'animal')
->latest()
->get();
return view('search.result', compact('result'));
}
Any help will be kindly welcome.

Answer 1

You can use forelse
#forelse ($users as $user)
<li>{{ $user->name }}</li>
#empty
<p>No users</p>
#endforelse
Read documentation here

Answer 2

You can check the size of result in view.
#if(sizeof($result))
#foreach ($result as $object)
//whatever you have to do
#endforeach
#else
//else condition
#endif
Or you can use forelse loop
#forelse($result as $object)
// result is found
#empty
// result is not found
#endforelse

Answer 3

You can use the blade if statement: https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/blade#custom-if-statements
So your code could be:
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
#if($result)
#foreach ($result as $object)
// content here
#endforeach
#else
// Not found content here.
#endif
#endsection

Answer 4

#if (count($records) > 0)
#foreach ($result as $object)
//Your logic / printing
#endforeach
#else
No record found
#endif