Database Seeding

php artisan make:seeder ArticlesTableSeeder

class ArticlesTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
    public function run()
    {
        // Let's truncate our existing records to start from scratch.
        Article::truncate();

        $faker = \Faker\Factory::create();

        // And now, let's create a few articles in our database:
        for ($i = 0; $i < 50; $i++) {
            Article::create([
                'title' => $faker->sentence,
                'body' => $faker->paragraph,
            ]);
        }
    }
}

php artisan db:seed --class=ArticlesTableSeeder

class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
    public function run()
    {
        // Let's clear the users table first
        User::truncate();

        $faker = \Faker\Factory::create();

        // Let's make sure everyone has the same password and 
        // let's hash it before the loop, or else our seeder 
        // will be too slow.
        $password = Hash::make('toptal');

        User::create([
            'name' => 'Administrator',
            'email' => 'admin@test.com',
            'password' => $password,
        ]);

        // And now let's generate a few dozen users for our app:
        for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
            User::create([
                'name' => $faker->name,
                'email' => $faker->email,
                'password' => $password,
            ]);
        }
    }
}

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    public function run()
    {
        $this->call(ArticlesTableSeeder::class);
        $this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);
    }
}

php artisan db:seed