title: syntax for conditional operator with {{ }} in laravel blade
body: <p>I am trying to implement a conditional operator on a value returned from controller to create some custom view.</p>
  <p><strong>front.blade</strong></p>
  <pre><code>@if({{count($users)}} &lt;= 5) &lt;!-- if total number of rows in users table is less than or equal to 5 --&gt;
            &lt;h3&gt; total number of rows less than or equal to 5 &lt;/h3&gt; 
  @endif
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>controller</strong></p>
  <pre><code>$users = User::all();
  return view('front', [ 'users'=&gt;$users]);
  </code></pre>
  <p>and the error is</p>
  <p><strong>syntax error, unexpected '&lt;'(View: \resources\views\front.blade.php)</strong></p>
  <p>Tried all permutation combination of putting the condition within {{ }} or quoting the operator or the constant value <em>5</em> the error remains same. I am new to laravel and this might be a fundamental mistake in regards to laravel or php.</p>