How to update field when delete a row in laravel - laravel

Question

Let I have a table named customer where customer table has a field named deleted_by.
I implement softDelete in customer model. Now I want to update deleted_by when row delete. So that I can trace who delete this row.
I do search on google about it But I don't found anything.
I use laravel 4.2.8 & Eloquent

Answer 1

You may update the field using something like this:
$customer = Customer::find(1); // Assume 1 is the customer id
if($customer->delete()) { // If softdeleted
DB::table('customer')->where('id', $customer->id)
->update(array('deleted_by' => 'SomeNameOrUserID'));
}
Also, you may do it in one query:
// Assumed you have passed the id to the method in $id
$ts = Carbon\Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString();
$data = array('deleted_at' => $ts, 'deleted_by' => Auth::user()->id);
DB::table('customer')->where('id', $id)->update($data);
Both is done within one query, softDelete and recorded deleted_by as well.

Answer 2

Something like this is the way to go:
// override soft deleting trait method on the model, base model
// or new trait - whatever suits you
protected function runSoftDelete()
{
$query = $this->newQuery()->where($this->getKeyName(), $this->getKey());
$this->{$this->getDeletedAtColumn()} = $time = $this->freshTimestamp();
$deleted_by = (Auth::id()) ?: null;
$query->update(array(
$this->getDeletedAtColumn() => $this->fromDateTime($time),
'deleted_by' => $deleted_by
));
}
Then all you need is:
$someModel->delete();
and it's done.

Answer 3

I would rather use a Model Event for this.
<?php
class Customer extends \Eloquent {
...
public static function boot() {
parent::boot();
// We set the deleted_by attribute before deleted event so we doesn't get an error if Customer was deleted by force (without soft delete).
static::deleting(function($model){
$model->deleted_by = Auth::user()->id;
$model->save();
});
}
...
}
Then you just delete it like you would normally do.
Customer::find(1)->delete();

Answer 4

I know this is an old question, but what you could do (in the customer model) is the following....
public function delete()
{
$this->deleted_by = auth()->user()->getKey();
$this->save();
return parent::delete();
}
That would still allow the soft delete while setting another value just before it deletes.