public function createContact($groupid, $name, $number) { $group = Group::find($groupid); $contact = new Contact(); $contact->name = $name; $contact->number = $number; $contact->group()->associate($group); $sucess = array(); $sucess['status'] = 1; $sucess['desc'] = "Contact succesfully created..."; $failure = array(); $failure['status'] = 0; $failure['desc'] = 'failed to create Contact..'; if ($contact->save()) { return response()->json($sucess); } else { return response()->json($failure); } }