How to delete a record from the database in Laravel with Eloquent?

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I want to delete a user with Laravel Eloquent and return a success or failure message. how do I do that?

/**
 * Delete Role Page
 */
public function delete( Request $request ) {
    $this->validate($request, [
        'user_id' => 'required|exists:users,id'
    ]);

   // Delete the User.
}
2

You can use the delete method.

User::where('id', '=', $user_id)->first()->delete();

It will return true on delete and false if failed.

if( User::where('id', '=', $user_id)->first()->delete() ) {
    return response()->json([
        'status' => 1,
        'msg'    => 'success'
    ]);
}
else{
    return response()->json([
        'status' => 0,
        'msg'    => 'fail'
    ]);
}

You can do the same with the destroy function.

User::destroy($user_id);