diff --git a/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md b/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md index b2caf7e8..ec1ce250 100644 --- a/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md +++ b/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ## Contents - [Setter & Getter Methods](#getter-and-setter-methods) - [Mass-Assignment](#mass-assignment) - [Converting Models To Arrays](#to-array) +- [Deleting Models](#delete) ## The Basics @@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ ### Inserting Related Models (Many-To-Many) $user->roles()->attach($role_id); It's also possible to attach data for fields in the intermediate table (pivot table), to do this add a second array variable to the attach command containing the data you want to attach: - + $user->roles()->attach($role_id, array('expires' => $expires)); @@ -427,14 +428,14 @@ ## Eager Loading class Book extends Eloquent { public $includes = array('author'); - + public function author() { return $this->belongs_to('Author'); } } - + **$includes** takes the same arguments that **with** takes. The following is now eagerly loaded. foreach (Book::all() as $book) @@ -536,4 +537,13 @@ #### Excluding attributes from the array: public static $hidden = array('password'); - } \ No newline at end of file + } + + +## Deleting Models + +Because Eloquent inherits all the features and methods of Fluent queries, deleting models is a snap: + + $author->delete(); + +Note, however, than this won't delete any related models (e.g. all the author's Book models will still exist), unless you have set up [foreign keys](/docs/database/schema#foreign-keys) and cascading deletes.