Touches

Description: Defines the relationships whose parent model's updated_at timestamp should be updated when the model is saved.

Namespace: Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Touches

Added in: Laravel 13.0

Usage

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Touches;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

// Before:
protected $touches = ['post'];

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Touches;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

// After:
#[Touches(['post', 'user'])]
class Comment extends Model
{
    public function post()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Post::class);
    }

    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
    }
}

Variadic form is also supported:

#[Touches('post', 'user')]
class Comment extends Model
{
    //
}

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