Laravel - Eloquent multiple delete vs destroy array

Question

I was wondering what's the best way to destroy multiples database entries with ELOQUENT and I don't find a way to determine that.

So I have 3 array of id's (2 with ints, 1 with strings). Is it better to go with a foreach and ->delete() every entry or destroy the array ?

When I look at the destroy function, it states the following :

We will actually pull the models from the database table and call delete on each of them individually so that their events get fired properly with a correct set of attributes in case the developers wants to check these.

And the code clearly shows :

$key = $instance->getKeyName();

foreach ($instance->whereIn($key, $ids)->get() as $model) {
    if ($model->delete()) {
        $count++;
    }
}

So I guess there's no real difference and the destroy function is just to avoid the use of a foreach. Can anyone confirm or inform and explain ?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

At first you need to know the difference between destroy and delete, destroy is think to be used for removing an entity (object/model) and delete for being used on a query builder.

Both are different ways but they have the same purpose you can do like:

Model::destroy(array(1, 2, 3));

or

$ids = explode(",", [1,2,3]);
$model->find($ids)->each(function ($model, $key) {
    //Do things before deleting 
    $model->delete();
});

But as you can see the first one is just more direct, on the second one you can do custom things before deleting.