php artisan make:factory userFactory --model=User //
App\Models\User.php
Make sure in User Model uses HasFactory has trait
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php artisan tinker
--> type in command prompt:
App\Models\User::factory()->create(); // insert 1 record in user table.
//For multiple records
App\Models\User::factory()->count(10)->create(); // insert 1 record in user table.
User::factory()->count(10)->create();
// Instead of tinker we can create seeder also
php artisan make:seed UserTableSeeder //This will create seeder file in database\seeder
open UserTableSeeder.php
use App\Models\User;
public function run()
{
User::factory()->count(10)->create();
}
// run seeder using command
php artisan db:seed; // for all seeder
php artisan db:seed --class=UserTableSeeder