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How to use Soft Delete in Laravel 51 min read

Implementation of Soft Delete In Laravel 5 it’s a quite different from previous versions.

Instructions:

Add SoftDeletes method to your your migration files:

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<?php
 
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
 
class CreateTable extends Migration {
    
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('new_table', function(Blueprint $table)
        {
            $table->softDeletes();            
        });
    }
}

In your model use the SoftDelete trait as follow:

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<?php namespace App\Models;
 
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
class MyModel extends Base {
 
    use SoftDeletes;
    
    /**
     * The database table used by the model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $table = 'my_table';
 
}

Finally, you are now able to delete a model using SoftDelete:

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$model = MyModel::find(1);
$model->delete();

 

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