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Aman
Aman

Reputation: 449

Laravel 5.3 soft deletes not working when defining a constructor for the model

I have a model Test as follows

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Test extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes;
protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
public function __construct() {
    if (!\App::environment('production')) {
        $this->table='test_stage';
    }
}

I have made sure that there is a 'deleted_at' column in my test_stage table. But the soft deletes are not working. Using the delete() method permanently removes the record from the table. As an additional step of verification I manually added 'deleted_at' value for some columns. But query the model still gives me the soft deleted record.

Moreover, removing the model constructor entirely and simply defining the table name using: 

protected $table = 'test_stage';

Works like a charm! That is soft deletes magically start working again.

Or is there any way around to define the table name according to the environment without the need of defining a constructor?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 615

Answers (1)

Stormhammer
Stormhammer

Reputation: 497

I think the problem could be that you're overwriting the constructor, which is set in Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model. Have you tried 

   public function __construct(array $attributes = []) {
       parent::__construct($attributes);
       if (!\App::environment('production')) {
           $this->table='test_stage';
       }
   }

Edit: more detailed explaination

As you overwrite the constructor of the class you're extending, the original does not get executed anymore. This means necessary functions for the eloquent model do not get executed. See the constructor for Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model below:

/**
 * Create a new Eloquent model instance.
 *
 * @param  array  $attributes
 * @return void
 */
public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
{
    $this->bootIfNotBooted();

    $this->syncOriginal();

    $this->fill($attributes);
}

By making sure the extending class requires the same parameters for the constructor as the extended class and executes parent::__construct($attributes); first, the constructor of the extended class gets executed first. After which you can overwrite $this->table in the extending class.

Upvotes: 8

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