Symfony2 SoftDeleteable not working on QueryBuilder Delete

Question

Softdelete behavior works fine on execute delete statement via the entity manager as the following code:

$entity = $this->em->getRepository('Users')->find(7);
$this->em->remove($entity);
$this->em->flush();

but when execute the same functionality via QueryBuilder hard delete will execute on database

$qb = $this->em->createQueryBuilder();
$qb->delete('Users', 'p');
$qb->where($qb->expr()->eq('p.id', ':id'));
$qb->setParameters(array("id" => 7));
$result = $qb->getQuery()->getResult();

How can I allow softdelete in all cases either via entity manager or query builder

Answer 1

If you use DQL then you have to use a Query Hint. This should do the trick:

$query = $qb->getQuery()

$query->setHint(
    \Doctrine\ORM\Query::HINT_CUSTOM_OUTPUT_WALKER,
    'Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Query\TreeWalker\SoftDeleteableWalker'
);

$result = $query->getResult();

Update:

The docs mention that you have to use a Query Hint but don't provide an example so I pulled the usage from their tests.

Docs: https://github.com/l3pp4rd/DoctrineExtensions/blob/master/doc/softdeleteable.md

Test Usage: https://github.com/l3pp4rd/DoctrineExtensions/blob/master/tests/Gedmo/SoftDeleteable/SoftDeleteableEntityTest.php