Laravel Soft Deletes: Safe Data Removal

Implement soft deletes to safely remove data while keeping recovery options.

Safe deletion with soft deletes:

Enable Soft Deletes

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use SoftDeletes;

protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];

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$table->softDeletes();

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$trashedPosts = Post::onlyTrashed()->get();
$allPosts = Post::withTrashed()->get();

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$post->restore();
$post->forceDelete();

Implement soft deletes to safely remove data while keeping recovery options.

Safe deletion with soft deletes:

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use SoftDeletes;

protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];

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$table->softDeletes();

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$trashedPosts = Post::onlyTrashed()->get();
$allPosts = Post::withTrashed()->get();

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$post->restore();
$post->forceDelete();