How to delete posts of user at delete account? - php

Question

I just made a delete function of accounts, but I'm stuck on a problem.I need to also delete posts of user, at delete account.How can I make that? I have table Users, where I have all details from users, and table Posts, where also have user_id and id,caption and image of post.
public function delete($id)
public function delete($id)
{
$profile = User::find($id);
$profile->delete();
Session::flash('remove', "The profile was successfully deleted!");
return redirect('login');
}
Profile.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Profile extends Model
{
protected $guarded = [];
public function profileImage(){
$imagePath = ($this->image) ? $this->image : 'profile/vx2k9TEhkcgaRdOWKvs4lsxqOVmuzwumtwySEnvH.png';
return '' . $imagePath;
}
public function user(){
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function followers(){
return $this->belongsToMany(User::class);
}
}
User.php
<?php
namespace App;
use App\Mail\NewUserWelcomeMail;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
use Actuallymab\LaravelComment\CanComment;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'username', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast to native types.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
protected static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
static::created(function ($user) {
$user->profile()->create([
'title' => $user->username,
]);
});
}
public function posts()
{
return $this->hasMany(Post::class)->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
}
public function profile()
{
return $this->hasOne(Profile::class);
}
}
Post.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Post extends Model
{
protected $guarded = [];
public function user(){
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function likes()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Like');
}
public function comments()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Comment');
}
public function tags()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Tag');
}
}
Migration posts table
public function up()
{
Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');
$table->string('caption');
$table->string('image');
$table->timestamps();
$table->index('user_id');
});
}

Answer 1

I think you could try to delete related model in the controller before the user, i.e.:
public function delete($id)
{
$profile = User::find($id);
$profile->posts()->delete();
$profile->delete();
Session::flash('remove', "The profile was successfully deleted!");
return redirect('login');
}
Or you can go with model event, i.e.:
protected static function boot() {
parent::boot();
static::created(function ($user) {
$user->profile()->create([
'title' => $user->username,
]);
});
static::deleting(function($user) {
$user->posts()->delete();
});
}