Laravel Artisan Generator Command: The make:seeder Command

The make:seeder command can be used to generate new seed classes. The command accepts a name argument that will be used as the name of the newly generated file and class. Generated seeder classes are stored in the database/seeds/ directory by default.

The following example demonstrates how to call the make:seeder command:

1# Generate a new database seeder class.
2php artisan make:seed DrinksSeeder

A database/seeds/DrinksSeeder.php file would be created with contents similar to the following:

 1<?php
 2 
 3use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 4 
 5class DrinksSeeder extends Seeder
 6{
 7    /**
 8     * Run the database seeds.
 9     *
10     * @return void
11     */
12    public function run()
13    {
14        //
15    }
16}

The make:seeder command is also capable of generated seeder classes within nested directories. Accomplish this by separating directory sections using the \ when supplying the seeder name. A nested directory will be created (seeder classes are not namespaced by default).

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