Soft Delete

gistfile1.php

<?php
    /**
     * Modify normal delete behaviour so that deletes are handled depending
     * on if they have a column called 'deleted' or not
     * Cascade deletes all HAS_MANY relations as well
     * 
     * @access public
     * @return boolean 
     */
    public function beforeDelete()
    {
        $log = new UserActionLog;
        $log->action = 'delete';
        $log->table_name = $this->tableName();
        $log->row_id = $this->id;

        foreach ( $this->relations() as $name => $relation ) {
            if ( $relation[0] == self::HAS_MANY ) { // If we are dealing with a HAS MANY relation we want to delete all child models
                foreach ( $this->{$name} as $relation ) {
                    $relation->delete();
                }
            }
        }

        if ( $this->hasAttribute('deleted') ) {
            $this->deleted = 1;
            if ( $this->hasAttribute('active') ) {
                $this->active = 0;
            }
            if ( $this->save(false) ) {
                $log->save();
            }
            return false;
        } else {
            $log->save();
            parent::beforeDelete();
        }
    }