Why is beforeDelete() not called when deleting via Something::model()->deleteByPk(...)?

Question

Yii

I am using Yii version 1.
I'll give you an example. There is an Article model. Inside its beforeDelete() , I delete another entity with Category::model()->deleteByPk(...). Inside the Category, in its beforeDelete() , I similarly delete another other entity.
The fact is that there is a way to delete via Category::model->deleteByPk(...), the internal beforeDelete is no longer called.
That is, if you delete in an Article Category using deleteByPk(...), then inside the Category beforeDelete() is not called. Whatever comes up, needs to be done

$category = Category::model()->findByPk($this->route_id);
        if ($category)
        {
            $category->delete();
        }

I'm not very experienced. Is that how it's supposed to be or am I just missing something?

Answer 1

beforeDelete() only works for loaded models: Category::model()->findByPk(...)->delete();