Manage Data Lifecycle with Laravel Eloquent Soft Deletes

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;

class Product extends Model
{
    use SoftDeletes;

    protected $fillable = ['name', 'price'];
}

// Migration to add 'deleted_at' column:
/*
Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->softDeletes(); // Adds deleted_at timestamp column
});
*/

// Usage in a controller or elsewhere:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\Product;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    public function manageSoftDeletes()
    {
        // Create a product
        $product1 = Product::create(['name' => 'Laptop', 'price' => 1200]);
        echo "Created product: {$product1->name}
";

        // Soft delete the product
        $product1->delete(); // Sets 'deleted_at' timestamp
        echo "Soft deleted product: {$product1->name}
";

        // Find all products (excluding soft-deleted ones by default)
        $allActiveProducts = Product::all();
        echo "Active products count: " . $allActiveProducts->count() . "
";

        // Retrieve all products, including soft-deleted ones
        $allProductsWithTrashed = Product::withTrashed()->get();
        echo "All products (including trashed) count: " . $allProductsWithTrashed->count() . "
";

        // Retrieve only soft-deleted products
        $onlyTrashedProducts = Product::onlyTrashed()->get();
        echo "Only trashed products count: " . $onlyTrashedProducts->count() . "
";

        // Restore a soft-deleted product
        if ($product1->trashed()) {
            $product1->restore(); // Sets 'deleted_at' to null
            echo "Restored product: {$product1->name}
";
        }

        // Verify restoration
        $restoredProduct = Product::find($product1->id);
        echo "Product active after restore: " . ($restoredProduct ? 'Yes' : 'No') . "
";

        // Force delete (permanently delete) a product
        $product2 = Product::create(['name' => 'Mouse', 'price' => 25]);
        $product2->forceDelete(); // Permanently removes from database
        echo "Force deleted product: {$product2->name}
";

        return "Soft delete operations complete. Check console/logs.";
    }
}