Calling Laravel Seeder inside folder

Question

I've upgraded to Laravel 8, but my custom seeder in a subdirectory is not working. The file is at database/seeders/tests/TestSeeder.php.

When I run the command php artisan db:seed --class="TestSeeder" it return an error message:

Target class [Database\Seeders\TestSeeder] does not exist.

Seeder

<?php

namespace Database\Seeders\Tests;

class TestSeeder extends BaseSeeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
       // codes
    }
}

composer.json

"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "App\\": "app/",
        "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
        "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/",
        "Database\\Seeders\\Tests\\": "database/seeders/tests/"
    }
},

you put `TestSeeder` in the `Database\Seeders\Tests` namespace — lagbox, Dec 09 '20 at 03:33
Would it need to be --class='Tests\TestSeeder' in your command? — amac, Dec 09 '20 at 03:40
Still not working, btw, I'm currently upgrading my Lumen 5.8 to Lumen 8.x then I saw that database/seeds renamed to database/seeders thats why I moved my seeder inside database/seeder folder. — Kenneth, Dec 09 '20 at 03:45

miken32 · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-09T04:04:51.990

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Laravel assumes you are running a seeder from the Database\Seeders\DatabaseSeeder class. If you provide an unqualified class name such as TestSeeder, it will assume you mean the Database\Seeders\TestSeeder class.

So, you should specify the fully qualified class name.

php artisan db:seed --class="Database\\Seeders\\Tests\\TestSeeder"

edited Dec 09 '20 at 04:04

answered Dec 09 '20 at 03:54

miken32

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Thank you @miken32. What's wrong in my app. when I run `php artisan make:seeder TestSeeder` it created inside `database/seeds` folder? – Kenneth Dec 09 '20 at 04:05
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Ensure you've properly updated the versions of all packages in `composer.json` including `"laravel/framework": "^8.12"` – miken32 Dec 09 '20 at 04:07
thanks bru, I just need to remove `/database/seeds` folder. and all works good, :) – Kenneth Dec 09 '20 at 04:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '22 at 04:00

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No need to worry about the sub folder, no need to mention it in the command,

Just run the composer dump-autoload
Then run the php artisan db:seed --class="TestSeeder" command

This will work fine.

answered May 13 '22 at 04:00

gihandilanka

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '22 at 15:28

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In addition for @miken32 answer:

for me also worked

php artisan db:seed --class="Database\Seeders\Tests\TestSeeder"

answered Dec 11 '22 at 15:28

Van4kk

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Works fine until you have a folder name that starts with an n or a t. Always escape backslashes. – miken32 Jan 12 '23 at 18:22
@miken32 maybe it will sound funny, but for me didn't worked your solution))) – Van4kk Jan 15 '23 at 18:43

Calling Laravel Seeder inside folder

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