2u3 said:

Have you tried

foreach($array as $key => $value) {
if($key == 0)
...
}

How stupid of me, thanks!

What about reset($array)

Rather than use a foreach loop you could just directly access the first item in the object:-

{{ $blog->entries{0}->title }}

can somebody add how to get the last element? I'm sure one can use a counter , but I don't know how ...

if ($key == count($array))

@port22 - if you area trying to get last element of an ARRAY, you can use Laravel's helper function:

$lastElement = last($array);

$firstElement = head($array);

2u3 said:

Have you tried

foreach($array as $key => $value) {
if($key == 0)
...
}

perpahs this is a solution but sometimes you don't have keys starting at 0

i found this: http://robin.radic.nl/blade-extensions/directives/foreach.html

@foreach($array as $key => $value)
@if ($loop->first)
...
@endif
@endforeach

@foreach($sidebar_menus as $sm)
@if($sidebar_menus->first() == $sm)
...
@endif
@endforeach

I know it's solved. but another option to get the first element is with first(). if it's an array wrap it in a collection otherwise collections already have it.

collect(\Blog::GetEntries(1, 5, true)->entries)->first();

although an eloquent model already returns a collection so the collect part likely isn't needed.