Using factories for migrations and tests
Factories are a newer feature in Laravel 5.1. It makes it very easy to populate models with Faker data: https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker. I will cover using factories in tests. In the How it works… section of the same recipe, I will explain more about the process, including why we use it.
Getting ready
A fresh install of Laravel, Homestead setup for migrations is needed. Then follow the prior recipe for altering a migration:
How to do it…
Follow these steps to use factories:
- First, we will show this in a test so let's type:
>php artisan make:test ExampleFactoryTest - Then, open that file and we will create a ...
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