comments()->create([ 'user_id' => auth()->id(), 'content' => $request->content, 'parent_id' => $request->parent_id ]); $this->processMentions($comment); return back(); } private function processMentions(Comment $comment) { preg_match_all('/@([\w\-]+)/', $comment->content, $matches); foreach ($matches[1] as $username) { $user = User::where('username', $username)->first(); if ($user) { $user->notify(new MentionNotification($comment)); } } } }