Query builder don't accept onlyTrashed() - mysql

Question

I'm a beginner and cant find a solution to my problem. I trying to get "onlyTrashed" from my DB but Laravel 8 don't accept my query commands :( I tried many scenarios but unsuccessful.
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Models\Category;
class CategoryController extends Controller{
public function AllCat(){
$categories = $trashCat = DB::table('categories')
->join('users','categories.user_id','users.id')
->select('categories.*','users.name')
->latest()
->paginate(5);
//$categories = Category::latest()->paginate(5);
// $trashCat = Category::onlyTrashed()->latest()->paginate(3);
return view('admin.category.index', compact('trashCat','categories'));
public function SoftDelete($id){
$delete = Category::find($id);`enter code here`
return Redirect()->back()->wiht('success',' Category Delete Successfuly');
Route::get('/softdelete/category/{id}', [CategoryController::class,'SoftDelete']);

Answer 1

Please make sure that your model imports and uses SoftDeletes trait to implement soft delete in your model and make sure that your table has deleted_at field, your model may look like below codes.
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Category extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes;
And in your SoftDelete function within the controller, I think you miss delete() function, your function should look like:
public function SoftDelete($id) {
$delete = Category::find($id)->delete();
return redirect()->back()->with('success',' Category Delete Successfully');
}
Once you implement SoftDeletes trait into your model, delete() function should mark deleted by filling the deleted_at with timestamp or DateTime automatically. Once you implement the above codes, onlyTrashed() should work.
$categories = Category::latest()->paginate(5);
$trashCat = Category::onlyTrashed()->latest()->paginate(3);