By John Koster
The factory function is used to create Eloquent models, and is generally used when testing an application to generate sample data.
#Signature
The signature of the factory function is:
1function factory(
2 $class
3);
4
5function factory(
6 $class,
7 string $modelName
8);
9
10function factory(
11 $class,
12 int $numberOfModels
13);
14
15function factory(
16 $class,
17 string $modelName,
18 int $numberOfModels
19);
#Example Use
The factory method can generally take one of four forms:
1// Return an instance of the 'User' model.
2$user = factory('App\User')->make();
3
4// Return two instances of the 'User' model.
5$users = factory('App\User', 2)->make();
6
7// Return one instance of the 'User' model, with some
8// modifications that were defined earlier and
9// bound to the 'admin' description.
10$adminUser = factory('App\User', 'admin')->make();
11
12// Return two instances of the 'User' model, with some
13// modifications that were defined earlier and
14// bound to the 'admin' description.
15$adminUsers = factory('App\User', 'admin', 2)->make();
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