Laravel blade foreach, for and loop variable with example

Laravel blade provides easy way to iterate a long list array or loop using @foreach and @for. @foreach and @for both used same structure as php foreach and for. In this article i will show you to use @foreach and @for loop with example and also the $loop variable. Loop variable is always available inside the loop and we can access it using $loop object.

Here is the syntax for for loop

@for ($count = 0; $count < 10; $count++)
    The Counter value is {{ $i }}
@endfor

and syntax for foreach loop

@foreach ($posts as $post)
    <p>Title :  {{ $post->title }}</p>
@endforeach

as we can see syntax is equivalent to php for loop, forelse is also can be used if array is empty then we can show else block as below

@forelse ($posts as $post)
    <li>{{ $post->title }}</li>
@empty
    <p>No posts</p>
@endforelse

Using loop variable inside foreach

$loop variable is used inside the foreach loop to access the some useful information like first, last, count, index etc. Below is the list of use of variables.

Source of table from laravel

Example of $loop variable

@foreach ($posts as $post)
    @if ($loop->first)
        This is the first iteration.
    @endif

    @if ($loop->last)
        This is the last iteration.
    @endif

    <p>loop index {{ $loop->index}} </p>
@endforeach

Let’s understand Laravel blade foreach, for and loop variable with example

Step 1: Create a fresh laravel project

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2: Add routes in routes/web.php

Create routes to call our controller and blade file in it.

routes/web.php

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
Route::get('/example',function(){
 
 $posts=[["title"=>"test","id"=>"1"],["title"=>"test2","id"=>"2"]];
 return view("example-view",["posts"=>$posts]);
});

Step 3: Create View File

Now, create a example-view.blade.php in resource/views folder.

@foreach ($posts as $post)
    @if ($loop->first)
        This is the first iteration.
    @endif

    @if ($loop->last)
        This is the last iteration.
    @endif

    <p>loop index {{ $loop->index}} </p>
 <p>Title : {{ $post['title']}} </p>
@endforeach