app/Teams/Team.php
public function inviteUserByEmail($email)
    {
        $model = config('auth.model');

        $invitedUser = (new $model)->where('email', $email)->first();

        $invitation = $this->invitations()
                ->where('email', $email)->first();

        if (! $invitation) {
            $invitation = $this->invitations()->create([
                'user_id' => $invitedUser ? $invitedUser->id : null,
                'email' => $email,
                'token' => str_random(40),
            ]);
        }

        $email = $invitation->user_id
                        ? 'spark::emails.team.invitations.existing'
                        : 'spark::emails.team.invitations.new';

        Mail::send($email, compact('invitation'), function ($m) use ($invitation) {
            $m->to($invitation->email)->subject('New Invitation!');
        });

        return $invitation;
    }
public function inviteUserByEmail($email)
    {
        $model = config('auth.model');

        $invitedUser = (new $model)->where('email', $email)->first();

        $invitation = $this->invitations()
                ->where('email', $email)->first();

        if (! $invitation) {
            $invitation = $this->invitations()->create([
                'user_id' => $invitedUser ? $invitedUser->id : null,
                'email' => $email,
                'token' => str_random(40),
            ]);
        }

        $email = $invitation->user_id
                        ? 'spark::emails.team.invitations.existing'
                        : 'spark::emails.team.invitations.new';

        Mail::send($email, compact('invitation'), function ($m) use ($invitation) {
            $m->to($invitation->email)->subject('New Invitation!');
        });

        return $invitation;
    }
Invite a user to the team by e-mail address.

@param  string  $email
@return \Laravel\Spark\Teams\Invitation