Usage of Auditing for Deleted Models

[nilskretschmer]

Hi,

I am currently looking into this library for an ongoing project. After looking into the docs I am not 100% sure if it fits the project's needs.

Example:
I have some "Job" Model. This Job Model is associated with a user. If the user gets deleted, the job gets deleted (onDeleteCascade). How do I get audits from a deleted model? Are audits lost if a model is deleted? Do I need to use softDelete on all models I want to have audits for?

Because the Relationship between the auditable morph table and the deleted model is lost I think the only way would be to query the audit table itself. But I am not sure if the Audits itself are also cascade-deleted if their related model was deleted.

Can someone help me out?

[parallels999]

I am not sure if the Audits itself are also cascade-deleted

Not, it don't

Are audits lost if a model is deleted?

No

I need to use softDelete on all models I want to have audits for?

The ideal is to use it, so you can use restore, or revert changes

[parallels999]

How could I get all audits for my (lets stay in the example) Job model - including those of deleted jobs?

From db with Audit model, use a where for model_type='App\Models\Jobs', still laravel eloquent , you can do whatever you want

[nilskretschmer]

@parallels999
Thank you for clarifying this. In my case I won't need restore/revert changes functionality. So I won't use SoftDeletes (for now).

How could I get all audits for my (lets stay in the example) Job model - including those of deleted jobs?