public static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
// Attach event handler, on deleting of the user
User::deleting(function ($user) {
// for each post that the user has modified set the modified by user to null
foreach ($user->modifiedPosts as $modifiedPost) {
$modifiedPost->update_user_id = null;
$modifiedPost->update();
}
/*
to keep a cascading delete when using softDeletes we must remove the related models here
*/
$children = ['comments', 'sections', 'views', 'messages', 'sentMessages', 'activity', 'givenComments'];
Log::info("Deleting User {$user->username} - {$user->id}");
foreach ($children as $child) {
if ($user->{$child}()) {
// we need to call delete on the grandchilden to
// trigger their delete() events - seems dumb
if (get_class($user->{$child}) === 'Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\Collection') {
foreach ($user->{$child} as $grandchild) {
Log::info(" - removing grandchildren of user->{$child}");
$grandchild->delete();
}
} else {
Log::info(" - removing user->{$child}");
$user->{$child}->delete();
}
}
}
});
}
