What's the Difference Between foreach and forelse in Laravel?

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I’m familiar with the foreach loop in PHP and I also know how to use it in Laravel Blade templates. But I’ve noticed the @forelse thing in Laravel Blade templates. How is it different from foreach ? Can someone explain with easy examples, especially in the context of Laravel’s Blade templating system?

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The main difference between @foreach and @forelse is how they handle empty arrays.

@foreach:
It just loops through the array. If the array is empty, it does nothing.

@forelse:
It also loops through the array, but if it’s empty, it allows to do something, like showing a message.

@forelse ($items as $item)
    <p>{{ $item }}</p>
@empty
    <p>No items found!</p>
@endforelse

So, if you want to do something specific when the array is empty, you’d use @forelse. Otherwise, you’d use @foreach for regular looping.