Instead of if-statement to check logged in user, use @auth directive.
Typical way:
@if(auth()->user()) // The user is authenticated.@endif
Shorter:
@auth // The user is authenticated.@endauth
The opposite is @guest directive:
@guest // The user is not authenticated.@endguest
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