Making checkbox checked laravel

I am currently facing 2 problems right now:

1. I want to make my checkbox appear if my driver license is yes, so I decided to try using if else in this scenario but I seem to keep getting this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<'

Can someone tell me the proper way to do it?

2. I want to check my checkbox based on my database value, so for example if class A and Class B is already selected and saved in the database last time, I want them to be checked.

I have tried following other people example to do but nothing is happening.

I tried following here, but still not checked:

http://ift.tt/2COGleh

Here is the code:

<div class="editfield">
              <div class="radio">
                <span><b>Do you have a Driver`s license?</b></span>
                <div id="Driver_licenseID">
                   <label><input type="radio" name="Driver_license" id="yesid" value="Yes" onclick="document.getElementById('Driver_license').style.display='block'"  >Yes</label>
                  <label><input type="radio" name="Driver_license" id="noid" value="No" onclick="document.getElementById('Driver_license').style.display='none'" >No</label></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            @if ()
            <div class="editfield" id="Driver_license" required>
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class1" value="Class 1">Class 1 
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class2" value="Class 2">Class 2 <br>
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class3" value="Class 3">Class 3 
            </div>
            @endif
            @if()
            <div class="editfield" id="Driver_license" style="display:none">
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class1" value="Class 1">Class 1 
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class2B" 
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class2" value="Class 2">Class 2 <br>
              <input type="checkbox" name="Driver_license_class[]" id="Driver_license_class3" value="Class 3">Class 3 
            </div>
            @endif