laravel-5

Eloquent: Getting Started 565
1 App\Flight::destroy(1);
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3 App\Flight::destroy([1, 2, 3]);
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5 App\Flight::destroy(1, 2, 3);
Deleting Models By Query
Of course, you may also run a delete query on a set of models. In this example, we will delete all
flights that are marked as inactive:
1 $deletedRows = App\Flight::where('active', 0)->delete();
Soft Deleting
In addition to actually removing records from your database, Eloquent can also “soft delete” models.
When models are soft deleted, they are not actually removed from your database. Instead, a
deleted_at attribute is set on the model and inserted into the database. If a model has a nonnull
deleted_at value, the model has been soft deleted. To enable soft deletes for a model, use the
Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes trait on the model and add the deleted_at column
to your $dates property:
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