Factories

Factories (short name for Models Factories) are used to generate fake data with the help of Faker to be used for testing purposes. Factories are mainly used from Tests.

Rules

• Factories SHOULD be created in the containers.
• A Factory is just a plain PHP script. There are no classes or namespaces required.

Folder Structure

app
    Containers
        {container-name}
            Data
                Factories
                    UserFactory.php
                    ...

Code Samples

<?php

// User
$factory->define(App\Containers\User\Models\User::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    return [
        'name'     => $faker->name,
        'email'    => $faker->email,
    ];
});

Calling the Factory from a Test Class

<?php

// creating 4 users
factory(User::class, 4)->create();

Example with Relationships

<?php

$countries = Country::all();

// creating 3 rewards and attaching country relation to them
$rewards = factory(Reward::class, 3)->make()->each(function ($reward) use ($countries) {
    $reward->save();
    $reward->countries()->attach([$countries->random(1)->id, $countries->random(1)->id]);
    $reward->save();
});

Use make instance of create() and pass any data you want, then save() after establishing the relationship.

Usage while overriding some values

<?php

// creating single Offer and setting a user id
$offer = factory(Offer::class)->make();
$offer->user_id = $user->id;
$offer->save();

// ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
// creating multiple Accounts
$users = factory(Account::class, 3)->make()->each(function ($account) use ($user) {
    $account->user_id = $user->id;
    $account->save();
});

For more information about the Model Factories read the official Laravel documentation.