How to handle relationships when softdeleting

Feb 28th 2019 – twitter.com

database laravel php relationships soft delete

Here's a neat trick for soft deleting relationships in @laravelphp. ?

When you delete a record, immediately also soft delete any child records. ?

Later, when you restore the parent, automatically also restore all child records that were deleted when the parent was deleted. ? pic.twitter.com/YsYKWtu00R
— Jonathan Reinink (@reinink) February 27, 2019

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