public function start($participants, $data = [])
    {
        $conversation = $this->create(['data' => $data]);

        if ($participants) {
            $conversation->addParticipants($participants);
        }

        return $conversation;
    }
public function start($participants, $data = [])
    {
        $conversation = $this->create(['data' => $data]);

        if ($participants) {
            $conversation->addParticipants($participants);
        }

        return $conversation;
    }
public function start ( $ participants , $ data = [ ] ) { $ conversation = $ this -> create ( [ 'data' => $ data ] ) ; if ( $ participants ) { $ conversation -> addParticipants ( $ participants ) ; } return $ conversation ; }
Starts a new conversation.

@param array $participants users

@return Conversation
Starts a new conversation .