You actually do the normal delete. But on the model you specify that its a softdelete model.
So on your model add the code:
class Contents extends Eloquent {
use SoftDeletingTrait;
protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
}
Then on your code do the normal delete like:
$id = Contents::find( $id );
$id ->delete();
Also make sure you have the deleted_at
column on your table.
Or just see the docs: http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#soft-deleting
Here is the details from laravel.com
http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#soft-deleting
When soft deleting a model, it is not actually removed from your database. Instead, a deleted_at timestamp is set on the record. To enable soft deletes for a model, specify the softDelete
property on the model:
class User extends Eloquent {
protected $softDelete = true;
}
To add a deleted_at column to your table, you may use the softDeletes
method from a migration:
$table->softDeletes();
Now, when you call the delete method on the model, the deleted_at column will be set to the current timestamp. When querying a model that uses soft deletes, the "deleted" models will not be included in query results.
In Laravel 5.5 Soft Deleted works ( for me ).
Data Base
deleted_at Field, default NULL value
Model
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class User extends Model {
use SoftDeletes;
}
Controller
public function destroy($id)
{
User::find($id)->delete();
}
Just an update for Laravel 5:
In Laravel 4.2:
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
class Post extends Eloquent {
use SoftDeletingTrait;
protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
}
becomes in Laravel 5:
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class User extends Model {
use SoftDeletes;
protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
In the Latest version of Laravel i.e above Laravel 5.0. It is quite simple to perform this task. In Model, inside the class just write 'use SoftDeletes'. Example
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class User extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes;
}
And In Controller, you can do deletion. Example
User::where('email', '[email protected]')->delete();
or
User::where('email', '[email protected]')->softDeletes();
Make sure that you must have 'deleted_at' column in the users Table.
Source: Stackoverflow.com