Check for file existence if Laravel's Blade template
Solution 1:
This is working for me, favicon.ico is inside public:
@if(file_exists('favicon.ico'))
File exists
@else
Could not find file
@endif
So I think you just have to use @if(file_exists('covers/1.jpg'))
Solution 2:
In Laravel 4 you can use:
@if (file_exists(public_path('covers/1.jpg')))
Use public_path to get the physical path to the file.