laravel eloquent get and update record code example

Example 1: laravel eloquent get first

// return first row by id
$user = App\User::where('id',$id)->first();
// or return directly a field
$userId = App\User::where(...)->pluck('id');

Example 2: larave Soft Deletes

Schema::table('flights', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->softDeletes();
});