<pre><code>$data = Conversation::whereRaw('json_contains(users, \'["' . $id . '"]\')')-&gt;get();

 if( $data-&gt;isEmpty() ){
 return response()-&gt;json(['status' =&gt; 400, 'data' =&gt; 'Data not found'] );
 }
 return response()-&gt;json(['status' =&gt; 200, 'data' =&gt; $data] );
</code></pre>

```
$data = Conversation::whereRaw('json_contains(users, \'["' . $id . '"]\')')->get();

        if( $data->isEmpty() ){
            return response()->json(['status' => 400, 'data' => 'Data not found'] );
        }
        return response()->json(['status' => 200, 'data' => $data] );
```



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