Model::destroy now returns the total number of records deleted.

src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php

@@ -884,10 +884,15 @@ public function joiningTable($related)
 	 * Destroy the models for the given IDs.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array|int  $ids
-	 * @return void
+	 * @return int
 	 */
 	public static function destroy($ids)
 	{
+		// We'll initialize a count here so we will return the total number of deletes
+		// for the operation. The developers can then check this number as a boolean
+		// type value or get this total count of records deleted for logging, etc.
+		$count = 0;
+
 		$ids = is_array($ids) ? $ids : func_get_args();
 
 		$instance = new static;
@@ -899,8 +904,10 @@ public static function destroy($ids)
 
 		foreach ($instance->whereIn($key, $ids)->get() as $model)
 		{
-			$model->delete();
+			if ($model->delete()) $count++;
 		}
+
+		return $count;
 	}
 
 	/**

src/Illuminate/Foundation/changes.json

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
 		{"message": "Added pessimistic locking to query builder via 'lock', 'lockForUpdate', and 'sharedLock'.", "backport": null},
 		{"message": "Closure can now be passed to Collection->first, functions similarly to array_first.", "backport": null},
 		{"message": "Added Mail::failures to get the failed recipients for a message.", "backport": null},
-		{"message": "Renamed `Model::tags($cacheTags)` to `Model::cacheTags($cacheTags)`", "backport": null}
+		{"message": "Renamed `Model::tags($cacheTags)` to `Model::cacheTags($cacheTags)`", "backport": null},
+		{"message": "Model::destroy now returns the total number of records deleted.", "backport": null}
 	],
 	"4.0.x": [
 		{"message": "Added implode method to query builder and Collection class.", "backport": null},