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title: 'Use the $touches property to update the parent timestamp when a child is updated'
tweet_id: '1502367773288468480'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-10
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created_at: 2022-03-11T19:36:04+00:00
slug: use-the-touches-property-to-update-the-parent-timestamp-when-a-child-is-updated
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🔥 #Laravel Did you know you can update the parent model timestamp when a child is updated?

If you have a "belongsTo" or "belongsToMany" relationship you can define a "$touches" property to do this.