public function sendMessageToTheGroup() { $user = Auth::user(); $input = Input::all(); //print_r(json_decode($input['userList'])); $conversationMessage = new ConversationMessage(); $conversationMessage->message = $input['message']; $conversationMessage->sender_id = $user['id']; $conversationMessage->member = $input['userList']; // add user to the group $userListArray = json_decode($input['userList']); $apicontroller = new APIController(); $conversationMessage->conversation_id = $input['conversationID']; $conversationMessage->save(); foreach ($userListArray as $key => $value) { # code... if ($user->id != $value->id) { // send notification to the other members among the group $notificationCheck = GroupNotificationStatus::where('conversation_id', '=', $input['conversationID'])->where('user_id', '=', $value->id)->get(); if ($notificationCheck[0]->status == "1") { $apicontroller->addNotification($value->id, 'newgroupmessage', $input['conversationID'], $input['message']); } } // end codition check } // end loop }