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slicesofcake/delete
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CakePHP plugin for soft deleting

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Since Jan 20Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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CakePHP plugin for soft deleting
================================

[](#cakephp-plugin-for-soft-deleting)

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This Delete plugin enable soft deletable. Entities aren't removed from your database. Instead, a deleted timestamp is set on the record.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

It is developed for CakePHP 4.x.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require slicesofcake/delete

```

Load the Behavior
-----------------

[](#load-the-behavior)

Load the Behavior in your src/Model/Table/YourTable.php (or if you have AppTable.php). The default field named in database table should be `deleted` (like `created` or `modified`) and compatible type with `Time::now()` (eg. `DATE` or `DATETIME`).

```
public function initialize(array $config)
{
    parent::initialize($config);

    $this->addBehavior('SlicesCake/Delete.Deleted');
}

```

You can configuration to customize the Delete plugin:

```
$this->addBehavior('SlicesCake/Delete.Deleted', [
    'field' => 'deleted_at', // Change column field name
]);

```

Add column by Migrations plugin
-------------------------------

[](#add-column-by-migrations-plugin)

1. Load Migrations plugin ().
2. Copy file from /vendor/slicesofcake/delete/config/20200101122906\_AddDeletedToProducts.example.php to your app main config directory.
3. Rename to 20200101122906\_AddDeletedTo\[YourTable\].php.
4. Edit file and rename class with changes above.
5. Update `change` method to set table name.
6. Run migrations by command: `cake migrations migrate`

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~213 days

Total

5

Last Release

2189d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.02020-02-20

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9c20760f298eae29425dd1c6180f208aedd70750a1bf2ecc350956a1587d6b4c?d=identicon)[kicaj](/maintainers/kicaj)

---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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