Global scopes have recently been added :)

Thanks, @pmall and @jarektkaczyk, you both helped me too much :)

Why Global Scope? Is it better to use Query Scope in this case? I'm a bit confused, when do we need to use Global Scope and when we need to use Query Scope.?

jarektkaczyk said:

UPDATE Below is example for Laravel4. In Laravel5 method signatures changed a bit, so read this instead http://softonsofa.com/laravel-5-eloquent-global-scope-how-to/

You need global scope for this.

Very basic example (for more check SoftDeletingScope and SoftDeletingTrait):

// Model
class Student extends User {

  protected $table = 'users';

  public static function boot()
  {
  	static::addGlobalScope(new StudentScope);
  }
}

// Scope
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ScopeInterface;

class StudentScope implements ScopeInterface {

  public function apply(Builder $builder)
  {
  	$builder->where('group', '=', 'student');
  }

  public function remove(Builder $builder) { // you don't need this }
}