title: echo default value with Blade if field is empty
body: <p>In my view I have many Blade checks to detect if the field is empty or not.
  I do know the short way like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;textarea rows="14"&gt;{{ $contact-&gt;Notes or 'Enter some notes.' }}&lt;/textarea&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is, the variable Notes is always set.
  Also if the database field is empty, simple because all table fields are send to the views.</p>
  
  <p>How can I solve this in the cleanest way?</p>