Laravel Model Restore Event

Question

So I have 2 Models Users & Staff. They have one to one relationship with one another.

User.php 'hasOne' Staff AND Staff.php 'belongsTo' User

When I Soft Delete a User I want to soft delete Staff entry as well, I have achieved this using(Works Perfectly):

static::deleting(function ($user) {
    $user->staff()->delete(); 
});

Now I want to restore the staff when I restore the User for that I have tried using this(Not working):

static::restoring(function ($user) {
    $user->staff()->restore();
});

But this is not working. The User Entry is deleted but the Staff entry still remains soft deleted.

• Can someone help me understand what I am doing wrong here?

• Also, Is this the best way to get this done? Or is there some other way this should be done?

PS: I'm using Laravel 5.5

Answer 1

It isn't working because $user->staff() doesn't fetch deleted staff. That's how relationships work by default.

Just replace it with this:

static::restoring(function ($user) {
    $user->staff()->withTrashed()->restore();
});