Laravel Factories Reloaded

Laravel Factories Reloaded is a package by Christoph Rumpel that generates class-based model factories that you can use instead of the factory files Laravel provides.

Here are the main benefits of this package as provided in the readme:

• use the features you already love from Laravel factories (create, make, times, states)
• automatically create new class factories for specific or All your models
• automatically import defined default data and states from your Laravel factories
• and many more…

Here are some examples of how you might use the class-based factories provided by this package:

// Create a new record in the database
$user = UserFactory::new()->create();
 
// Make a new model without peristing to the database
$user = UserFactory::new()->make();
 
// Use a factory state
$recipe = UserFactory::new()
    ->active()
    ->create();
 
// Relations
$recipe = RecipeFactory::new()
    ->with(Group::class, 'group')
    ->with(Ingredient::class, 'ingredients')
    ->with(Ingredient::class, 'ingredients', 3)
    ->create();

You might be asking, “what is the benefit of using class-based factories?” The project’s readme mentions the following benefits of using this package:

• They give you much more flexibility on how to create your model instances.
• They make your tests much cleaner because you can hide complex preparations inside the class.
• They provide IDE auto-completion, which you do not have with Laravel factories.

#Learn More

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub at christophrumpel/laravel-factories-reloaded.