How to delete all the rows in a table using Eloquent?

Question

My guess was to use the following syntax:

MyModel::all()->delete();

But that did not work. I\'m sure it\'s super simple, but I\'ve searched

Answer 1

I wasn't able to use Model::truncate() as it would error:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1701 Cannot truncate a table referenced in a foreign key constraint

And unfortunately Model::delete() doesn't work (at least in Laravel 5.0):

Non-static method Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::delete() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context

But this does work:

(new Model)->newQuery()->delete()

That will soft-delete all rows, if you have soft-delete set up. To fully delete all rows including soft-deleted ones you can change to this:

(new Model)->newQueryWithoutScopes()->forceDelete()