Дмитрий

$today = strtotime(date("Y-m-d"));
$begin = strtotime(date("Y-11-21"));
$end = strtotime(date("Y-11-25"));

if($today >= $begin && $today <= $end) {
   echo "Показываем div";
}

$number = 1;
foreach ($vars as $var) {
echo $number ;
echo $var->name;
$number++;
}

try
{
    $news= App\News::findOrFail($id);
}
catch(ModelNotFoundException $e)
{
    dd($e);
}