diff --git a/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md b/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md
index 71e3a402..7a7e1b9c 100644
--- a/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md
+++ b/laravel/documentation/database/eloquent.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
- [Setter & Getter Methods](#getter-and-setter-methods)
- [Mass-Assignment](#mass-assignment)
- [Converting Models To Arrays](#to-array)
+- [Deleting Models](#delete)
## The Basics
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ However, you may often only want to insert a new record into the intermediate ta
$user->roles()->attach($role_id);
It's also possible to attach data for fields in the intermediate table (pivot table), to do this add a second array variable to the attach command containing the data you want to attach:
-
+
$user->roles()->attach($role_id, array('expires' => $expires));
@@ -427,14 +428,14 @@ If you find yourself eager loading the same models often, you may want to use **
class Book extends Eloquent {
public $includes = array('author');
-
+
public function author()
{
return $this->belongs_to('Author');
}
}
-
+
**$includes** takes the same arguments that **with** takes. The following is now eagerly loaded.
foreach (Book::all() as $book)
@@ -536,4 +537,13 @@ Sometimes you may wish to limit the attributes that are included in your model's
public static $hidden = array('password');
- }
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+ }
+
+
+## Deleting Models
+
+Because Eloquent inherits all the features and methods of Fluent queries, deleting models is a snap:
+
+ $author->delete();
+
+Note, however, than this won't delete any related models (e.g. all the author's Book models will still exist), unless you have set up [foreign keys](/docs/database/schema#foreign-keys) and cascading deletes.
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