Soft-Deletes with Query Builder

Don't forget that soft-deletes will exclude entries when you use Eloquent, but won't work if you use Query Builder.

// Eloquent: will exclude soft-deleted entries
$users = User::all();
 
// Query Builder: will NOT exclude soft-deleted entries
$users = DB::table('users')->get();

But if you use Eloquent and want to disable soft-deletes for a particular query, you can use withTrashed().

// Will NOT exclude soft-deleted entries
$users = User::withTrashed()->get();