Laravel Artisan Generator Command: The make:model Command

The make:model command is used to generate new Eloquent model classes. It requires a name to be supplied; this name will become the name of the generated class and created file. A migration file can also be generated for the model by setting the --migration flag (or by using the -m shortcut). Newly created classes are stored in the app/ directory.

The following examples demonstrate how to call the make:model command.

The following would create a new model class for Drink:

1# Create a new Drink model.
2php artisan make:model Drink

the resulting class would look similar to the following:

 1<?php
 2 
 3namespace App;
 4 
 5use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 6 
 7class Drink extends Model
 8{
 9    //
10}

The following examples would also generate a migration for the model:

1# Create a new Drink model and migration.
2php artisan make:model Drink -m

The previous example is equivalent to the following series of commands:

1php artisan make:model Drink
2php artisan make:migration create_drinks_table --create=drinks

The make:model command is also capable of generated namespaced classes. Accomplish this by separating namespace sections using the \ when supplying the model name. A nested directory will be created and the correct namespace will be set on the generated class.

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