Modal Factory tutorial in Laravel 11

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     */
    public function up(): void
    {
        Schema::create('students', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string("name", 30);
            $table->integer("age");
            $table->string("email", 40)->nullable()->unique();
            $table->string("address");
            $table->string("city");
            $table->string("phone");
            $table->string("password");
            $table->timestamps();

            // When we create table and if we insert data in table using "create()" method at that time
            // we must have to use "timestamps()" column while creating table because "create()" method
            // needs to add two column values "created_at" and "updated_at" in table that's why we must
            // use "timestamps()" column but if we use old method "insert()" instead of "create()" then
            // there is no need to use "timestamps()" method
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     */
    public function down(): void
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('students');
    }
};
Above File is database/migrations/create_students_table.php File

Below File is database/factories/StudentFactory.php File

<?php

namespace Database\Factories;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;

/**
 * @extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory<\App\Models\Student>
 */
class StudentFactory extends Factory
{
    /**
     * Define the model's default state.
     *
     * @return array<string, mixed>
     */
    public function definition(): array
    {
        return [
            "name" => fake()->name(),
            "age" => fake()->numberBetween(15, 20),
            "email" => fake()->email(),
            "address" => fake()->address(),
            "city" => fake()->city(),
            "phone" => fake()->phoneNumber(),
            "password" => fake()->password()
        ];
    }
}






Below File is database/seeders/StudentSeeder.php File
<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\student;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;

class StudentSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     */
    public function run(): void
    {
        student::factory(5)->create();

        // for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
        //     student::create([
        //         "name" => fake()->name(),
        //         "email" => fake()->unique()->email()
        //     ]);
        // }




        // $json = File::get(path: "database/json/students.json");
        // // To use sub methods of collect(), we have used collect() as shown below :
        // $students = collect(json_decode($json)); //json_decode() converts json to Array

        // // When we create table and if we insert data in table using "create()" method at that time
        // // we must have to use "timestamps()" column while creating table because "create()" method
        // // needs to add two column values "created_at" and "updated_at" in table that's why we must
        // // use "timestamps()" column but if we use old method "insert()" instead of "create()" then
        // // there is no need to use "timestamps()" method

        // $students->each(function ($stu) {
        //     student::create([
        //         "name" => $stu->name,
        //         "email" => $stu->email
        //     ]);
        // });
    }
}




Below File is database/seeders/DatabaseSeeders.php File
<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

use App\Models\User;
// use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\student;

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Seed the application's database.
     */
    public function run(): void
    {
        // User::factory(10)->create();

        // User::factory()->create([
        //     'name' => 'Test User',
        //     'email' => 'test@example.com',
        // ]);

        // student::factory()->count(5)->create();

        $this->call([
            StudentSeeder::class
        ]);
    }
}





Below File is app/Models/student.php File
<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class student extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
}