When I force delete a model Laravel will fire a deleted event and a forceDeleted event.

In my current implementation, I have the deleted and forceDeleted methods in my UserObserver. These methods are triggered by Laravel's Eloquent model events when a user is deleted or force deleted, respectively.

When I call $user->delete(), Laravel triggers the deleted event, regardless of whether it's a soft delete or a force delete. This means that whenever a user is deleted, either softly or forcefully, the deleted method in my observer is executed.

However, when I explicitly call $user->forceDelete(), Laravel first triggers the deleted event (because it's deleting the record), and then it triggers the forceDeleted event to indicate that the delete operation was forced.

The Question:

Now, if I want to perform certain actions only when a user is force deleted (and not when it's a soft delete).

UserObserver.php

<?php

namespace App\Observers;

use App\Models\User;
use App\Notifications\UserDeleted;
use App\Notifications\UserForceDeleted;
use Filament\Notifications\Notification;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\ShouldHandleEventsAfterCommit;

class UserObserver implements ShouldHandleEventsAfterCommit
{
    /**
     * Handle the User "created" event.
     */
    public function created(User $user): void
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Handle the User "updated" event.
     */
    public function updated(User $user): void
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Handle the User "deleted" event.
     */
    public function deleted(User $user): void
    {
        // Send notification when the user account is deleted.
        $user->notify(new UserDeleted());
    }

    /**
     * Handle the User "restored" event.
     */
    public function restored(User $user): void
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Handle the User "force deleted" event.
     */
    public function forceDeleted(User $user): void
    {
        // Send notification when the user account is force deleted.
        $user->notify(new UserForceDeleted());
    }
}