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.