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Discover how to effectively implement `Soft Deletes` in your Laravel applications for Employee and User models, ensuring data is only marked as deleted without actually removing it from the database.
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Implementing Soft Deletes for Employee and User Models in Laravel

Managing data in applications can be tricky, especially when it comes to deletion. You might want to remove a user's record but still keep it accessible in case of future needs—this is where the concept of Soft Deletes comes into play. In this guide, we will explore how to implement Soft Deletes in the Employee and User models using Laravel's built-in functionality.

What are Soft Deletes?

Soft Deletes allow you to keep records in the database even after they are marked as deleted. Instead of permanently removing a record, Laravel will simply update a deleted_at timestamp column in the database. This way, you can easily recover or reference these records later on.

Preparing Your Migrations

To set up Soft Deletes, you need to modify your database migrations for the Employee and User models. Here’s how you can achieve that:

Employee Migration

In your employees migration, you will add a softDeletes method. This provides the necessary column to keep track of soft-deleted records.

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User Migration

Similarly, you will also need to enable Soft Deletes in the User migration:

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Creating the Models

After setting up your migrations, you will implement the SoftDeletes trait in your models.

Employee Model

In the Employee model, include the SoftDeletes trait and specify the fillable attributes:

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User Model

In the User model, similarly include the SoftDeletes trait:

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Implementing Soft Delete in the Controller

To delete a record using Soft Deletes, you will set up your controller to call the delete method on the model instance.

Employee Controller

Here's how you can set up the destroy method:

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Whenever you call delete(), the deleted_at timestamp will be filled, and the record will remain in the database but be marked as inactive.

Conclusion

Using Soft Deletes for your Employee and User models can help in retaining important data without cluttering your database with records that you may not want to see frequently. It allows for cleaner data management and gives you the flexibility to retain and restore records when necessary.

If you run into issues, ensure that you have migrated your database and remember that using Eloquent will filter out soft-deleted models by default. To access them, you can use the withTrashed() method or onlyTrashed() to fetch soft-deleted models.

Now, you're all set to manage soft-deleting users and employees effectively! If you have further questions or experience any challenges, feel free to reach out for assistance.