pivot "deleted" event when parent is deleted - php

Question

I have 2 models: User and Role.
A user can have many roles.
A role can have many users.
I have a custom pivot model between these 2 models. This custom pivot model only exists because it uses a trait that listens/logs for events such as created, updated, deleted.
Let's say I have a role called moderator. When I attach() (or detach()) that role to 5 users, it does successfully fire 5 created (or deleted) events for the pivot table.
$roleModerator->users()->attach($anArrayOfFiveUsersHere);
So far so good.
My problem is the following: when I delete the moderator role itself, it does delete all pivot rows associated to the role, but it does not fire any deleted event for each deleted pivot rows.
Expected behavior: I want Laravel to fire deleted events for each rows it deletes in the pivot table when I ask it to delete the role.
Environment: PHP 7.3 / Laravel 6
One weird thing I noticed, if I add this to my Role model :
public static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
static::deleting(function (self $model)
{
//$model->users()->detach(); // <-- this fails firing deleted events.
//MyCustomPivot::query()->where('role_id', $model->id)->get()->each->delete(); // <-- this fails firing deleted events.
$model->users()->sync([]); // <--- this works!
});
}
sync([]) will work great and fire as many deleted events as it deletes pivot rows.
but detach(), although it accomplishes the same thing, won't fire any deleted event. Why is that? They are both from InteractisWithPivotTable.php and sync() does even call detach() itself!

Answer 1

Not 100% sure it's applicable to your situation, but according to this issue on Github, you need to do some setup in your models.
First, make sure you have a primary key column in your table and defined on your pivot model.
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Pivot;
class MyCustomPivot extends Pivot
{
public $primaryKey = "id";
public $incrementing = true;
}
Second, make sure you include your custom pivot model in your relationships.
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Role extends Model
{
public function users()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class)
->using(MyCustomPivot::class)
->withPivot('id');
}
}
class User extends Model
{
public function roles()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(Role::class)
->using(MyCustomPivot::class)
->withPivot('id');
}
}