This package generates model factories from existing models using the new class-based factories in Laravel 8.

You may install this package via composer by running:

composer require --dev laravel-shift/factory-generator

The package will automatically register itself.

This package adds an artisan command for generating model factories.

Without any arguments, this command will generate model factories for all existing models within your Laravel application:

php artisan generate:factory

Similar to Laravel, this will search for models within the app/Models folder, or if that folder does not exist, within the app folder.

To generate factories for models within a different folder, you may pass the --path option (or -p).

php artisan generate:factory --path=some/Other/Path

To generate a factory for a single model, you may pass the model name:

php artisan generate:factory User

By default nullable columns are not included in the factory definition. If you want to include nullable columns you may set the --include-nullable option (or -i).

php artisan generate:factory -i User

This package was original forked from Naoray/laravel-factory-prefill by Krishan König.

It has diverged to support the latest version of Laravel and to power part of the automation by the Tests Generator.

Contributions should be submitted to the master branch. Any submissions should be complete with tests and adhere to the PSR-2 code style. You may also contribute by opening an issue.