PHP

factory laravel

php artisan make:factory CommentFactory
  
  return [
      'name' => $this->faker->name,
      'text' => $this->faker->text()
    ];

public function run()
{
  Comment::factory()
    ->times(3)
    ->create();
}

php artisan db:seed
  

factory laravel laravel 8 tinker

php artisan tinkerProduct::factory()->count(500)->create()

Laravel make factory

php artisan make:factory UserFactory

laravel set custom factory

 // If you factory is out of standard, you can set an specifc
    // On your model, create a static method named newFactory

    protected static function newFactory()
    {
        return DatabaseFactoriesMyModelFactory::new();
    }

    //On your factory, add this
    protected $model = AppModelsMyModel::class;

laravel factory

$users = User::factory()->count(3)->make();

make model factory and controller laravel

php artisan make:model ModelName -a
// -a stands for all (Model, Controller, Factory and Migration)
// Note: The above command will work successfully in Laravel 5.5 or > versions

Laravel factory creating tempory data

//Creates models without storing them in DB
$users = User::factory()->count(3)->make();