I want to check if my foreach is empty so the basic html markup isn\'t displayed with no results inside. I\'m trying to wrap it in an if statement and then if it is empty do not
It's an array, so ==== '' won't work (the === means it has to be an empty string.)
==== ''
Use count() to identify the array has any elements (count returns a number, 1 or greater will evaluate to true, 0 = false.)
@if (count($status->replies) > 0) // your HTML + foreach loop @endif