public function createUserSkill($user_id, $skill_id, $rate = 0) { try { $skill = new UserSkill(); $skill->user_id = $user_id; $skill->skill_id = $skill_id; // $skill->description = $skill_data['description']; $skill->rate = $rate; if ($skill->save()) { return $skill->load('skill')->toArray(); } return []; } catch (Exception $e) { return Response::json(['error' => $e->getMessage()]); } }