How do i permanently delete a soft deleted item?

My code does not work:)

public function destroy($id) { $obj = Upload::destroy($id); }

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You have method forceDelete()

// Force deleting a single model instance...
$flight->forceDelete();

check the documentation

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in this case what is $flight variable? is it object of my Model?

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Here is from documentation

$flight = App\Flight::find($id);

$flight-> forceDelete();

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My model name is : "Upload" and i'm trying to permanent delete using the following way:

public function destroy($id) { $myItem = Upload::find($id); $myItem->forceDelete(); }

But through an error which is : FatalThrowableError in UploadController.php line 119: Call to a member function forceDelete() on null

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Do you get any result from this

$myItem = Upload::find($id);
dd($myItem);

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Thank you very much ! It's working by the following way:

public function destroy($id) { $flight = Upload::where('id', $id)->forcedelete(); }

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cheers

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[Update] For some people who still are struggling today. You need to get the $flight item this way:

 $flight = Upload::withTrashed()->find($id);

and then force Delete

$flight->forceDelete();

If you get the flight this way: $flight = Upload::findOrFail($id); it will always return null as the item has been soft deleted.

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