php-laravelHow do I use Laravel seeders to populate my database with PHP?

A Laravel seeder is a class used to populate a database with data. It can be used to insert data into the database, or to generate data that can be used for testing.

Here is an example of a seeder class that can be used to populate a database with data using PHP:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\User;

class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        User::create([
            'name' => 'John Doe',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
            'password' => bcrypt('password')
        ]);
    }
}

To use this seeder, you can run the following command in the terminal:

php artisan db:seed --class=UsersTableSeeder

The output of this command should look like this:

Seeded: UsersTableSeeder

This will create a new user in the database with the name, email, and password specified in the seeder class.

For more information on Laravel seeders, please see the Laravel documentation.

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