/**
* Takes an associative array and creates a groupContact object.
*
* the function extract all the params it needs to initialize the create a
* group object. the params array could contain additional unused name/value
* pairs
*
* @param array $params
* (reference ) an assoc array of name/value pairs.
*
* @return CRM_Contact_BAO_Group
*/
public static function add(&$params)
{
$dataExists = self::dataExists($params);
if (!$dataExists) {
return NULL;
}
$groupContact = new CRM_Contact_BAO_GroupContact();
$groupContact->copyValues($params);
CRM_Contact_BAO_SubscriptionHistory::create($params);
$groupContact->save();
return $groupContact;
}