public static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
// Attach event handler for deleting a section
Section::deleting(function ($section) {
/*
to keep a cascading delete when using softDeletes we must remove the related models here
*/
$children = ['sections', 'topics'];
Log::info("Deleting Section {$section->title} - {$section->id}");
foreach ($children as $child) {
if ($section->{$child}()) {
Log::info(" - removing section->{$child}");
// we need to call delete on the grandchilden to
// trigger their delete() events - seems dumb
foreach ($section->{$child} as $grandchild) {
$grandchild->delete();
}
}
}
});
}
