Is it possible to temporarily disable event in Laravel?

Question

I have the following code in 'saved' model event:

Session::flash('info', 'Data has been saved.')` 

so everytime the model is saved I can have a flash message to inform users. The problem is, sometimes I just need to update a field like 'status' or increment a 'counter' and I don't need a flash message for this. So, is it possible to temporarily disable triggering the model event? Or is there any Eloquent method like $model->save() that doesn't trigger 'saved' event?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29407818/is-it-possible-to-temporarily-disable-event-in-laravel

Answer 1

Solution for Laravel 8.x

With Laravel 8 it became even easier, just use saveQuietly method:

$user = User::find(1);
$user->name = 'John';

$user->saveQuietly();

Laravel 8 docs

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Solution for Laravel 7.x and 8.x

On Laravel 7 (or 8) wrap your code that throws events as per below:

$user = User::withoutEvents(function () use () {
    $user = User::find(1);
    $user->name = 'John';
    $user->save();

    return $user;
});

Laravel 7.x docs
Laravel 8.x docs

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Solution for Laravel versions from 5.7 to 6.x

The following solution works from the Laravel version 5.7 to 6.x, for older versions check the second part of the answer.

In your model add the following function:

public function saveWithoutEvents(array $options=[])
{
    return static::withoutEvents(function() use ($options) {
        return $this->save($options);
    });
}

Then to save without events proceed as follow:

$user = User::find(1);
$user->name = 'John';

$user->saveWithoutEvents();

For more info check the Laravel 6.x documentation

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Solution for Laravel 5.6 and older versions.

In Laravel 5.6 (and previous versions) you can disable and enable again the event observer:

// getting the dispatcher instance (needed to enable again the event observer later on)
$dispatcher = YourModel::getEventDispatcher();

// disabling the events
YourModel::unsetEventDispatcher();

// perform the operation you want
$yourInstance->save();

// enabling the event dispatcher
YourModel::setEventDispatcher($dispatcher);

For more info check the Laravel 5.6 documentation