Unable to use Laravel Factory in Tinker

Question

I am unable Model Factory in Laravel Tinker.

//ItemFactory.php

class ItemFactory extends Factory
{
    /**
     * The name of the factory's corresponding model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $model = Item::class;

    /**
     * Define the model's default state.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function definition()
    {
        return [
            'name' => $this->faker->name,
            'slug' => $this->faker->slug(5, true),
            'code' => $this->faker->words(5, true),
            'description' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'price' => $this->faker->randomNumber(1000, 10000),
            'size' => $this->faker->randomElement(['Small', 'Medium', 'Large',]),
        ];
    }
}

Inside Tinker

>>> factory(App\Item::class)->create();

It throws me an error:

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function factory() in Psy Shell code on line 1

N'Bayramberdiyev · Answer 1 · 2020-09-21T08:39:45.683

In Laravel 8.x release notes:

Eloquent model factories have been entirely re-written as class based factories and improved to have first-class relationship support.

Global factory() function is removed as of Laravel 8. Instead, you should now use model factory classes.

Create a factory:

php artisan make:factory ItemFactory --model=Item

Make sure that Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory trait is imported in your model:

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

class Item extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;

    // ...
}

Use it like this:

$item = Item::factory()->make(); // Create a single App\Models\Item instance

// or

$items = Item::factory()->count(3)->make(); // Create three App\Models\Item instances

Use create method to persist them to the database:

$item = Item::factory()->create(); // Create a single App\Models\Item instance and persist to the database

// or

$items = Item::factory()->count(3)->create(); // Create three App\Models\Item instances and persist to the database

Being said that, if you still want to provide support for the previous generation of model factories within Laravel 8.x, you can use laravel/legacy-factories package.

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '20 at 07:09

17

After going through the documentation of Model Factory, there were major changes in Laravel 8 version.

For using Model Factory anywhere inside Laravel 8:

Inside Model, we need to import the Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory trait
New command to implement the factory

App\Item::factory()->create();

answered Sep 10 '20 at 07:09

Lizesh Shakya

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`Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory` In laravel 8 it's by default imported when make model using command – Bhargav Variya Jan 31 '21 at 16:43

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '21 at 16:33

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In laravel 8 the default route namespace was removed.

Try to change command

factory(App\Item::class)->create();

To

\App\Models\Item::factory()->create(); 
\App\Models\Item::factory(10)->create(); \\If you want to create specify number of record then

answered Jan 31 '21 at 16:33

Bhargav Variya

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This worked great in Laravel 9 as well. – Adam Apr 26 '22 at 21:16
Thanks @Adam for share such a usefull information.I will help lot's of developer – Bhargav Variya Apr 27 '22 at 03:37
Thanks it worked for me using laravel 9 – Nevil Saul Blemuss May 18 '22 at 13:58

Iulian Rares Coman · Answer 4 · 2022-06-19T17:26:30.993

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In Laravel 8 I couldn't get the factory method to work just calling it straight out but I was able to get it to work by calling it like a static method on the Item class:

Terminal:

Item::factory()->create();

edited Jun 19 '22 at 17:26

answered Jun 19 '22 at 17:25

Iulian Rares Coman

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Unable to use Laravel Factory in Tinker

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