Implement and Manage Soft Deletes in Eloquent Models

// 1. Add 'deleted_at' column to your table migration
// public function up() {
//     Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
//         $table->id();
//         $table->string('title');
//         $table->text('body');
//         $table->timestamps();
//         $table->softDeletes(); // Adds deleted_at timestamp column
//     });
// }

// 2. In your Post model (App/Models/Post.php)
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes; // Important

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasFactory, SoftDeletes; // Add the trait

    // ...
}

// Usage:
$post = App\Models\Post::find(1);

// Soft delete a post
$post->delete(); // Sets 'deleted_at' timestamp
echo "Post " . $post->id . " soft-deleted.
";

// Attempt to find the soft-deleted post (will return null by default)
$deletedPost = App\Models\Post::find(1); // null
echo "Attempted to find post (normal query): " . (isset($deletedPost) ? "Found" : "Not Found") . "
";

// Retrieve soft-deleted posts
$allPostsIncludingDeleted = App\Models\Post::withTrashed()->get();
echo "Total posts (including soft-deleted): " . $allPostsIncludingDeleted->count() . "
";

$onlyDeletedPosts = App\Models\Post::onlyTrashed()->get();
echo "Only soft-deleted posts: " . $onlyDeletedPosts->count() . "
";

// Restore a soft-deleted post
$post->restore(); // Sets 'deleted_at' to null
echo "Post " . $post->id . " restored.
";

// Force delete (permanently remove)
// $post->forceDelete();