if query returns nothing then laravel code example

Example 1: how to check if eloquent result is empty

Note:- Credit for this result goes to Alberto Peripolli. Copied from his Grepper.
if ($result->first()) { } 
if (!$result->isEmpty()) { }
if ($result->count()) { }
if (count($result)) { }

Example 2: laravel check if query builder is empty

@if ($query === null)
    {
        <h4 style="text-transform: lowercase;">no results for: #{{ $query }}</h4>
        }
    @else 
    {
                <h4 style="text-transform: lowercase;">results for: #{{ $query }}</h4>
        }
        @endif