How to keep seeder files separate and clean in laravel?

Question

I want to keep my seeder files separate. for example UsersTableSeeder.php , PostsTableSeeder.php and then call them in main seeder file (DatabaseSeeder.php) :

Example:

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{

    public function run()
    {
         $this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);
         $this->call(PostsTableSeeder::class);
    }
}

usersTableSeeder.php :

<?php namespace App\Seeds;

    use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
    use App\User;

    class UserTableSeeder extends Seeder {

        public function run()
        {
            //DB::table('users')->delete();

            // user1
            User::create(array(
                'name' => 'ahmad',
                'email' => 'ahmad@ahmad.com',
                'password' => 'ahmad'
            ));
        }
    }

my UsersTableSeeder.php and PostsTableSeeder.php files are in the same directory that DatabaseSeeder.php is.

should I use psr-4 autoloading ? how?

It gives me: [ReflectionException] Class UsersTableSeeder does not exist ! in console — Ahmad Mobaraki, Jun 13 '16 at 19:50
And the file `database/seeders/UsersTableSeeder.php` exists with that exact file name, and it contains a `class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder` declaration? Laravel's default Composer setup should already autoload these correctly. https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php — ceejayoz, Jun 13 '16 at 19:54
got the answer! you where right ! ! thank you very much for your time. — Ahmad Mobaraki, Jun 13 '16 at 20:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '19 at 11:36

Composer.json configuration

composer.json has a autoload key to configure additional autoload paths.
You can give it a try:


    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/"
        },
        "classmap": [
            "database/seeds",
            "database/factories"
        ]
    }

Example from my composer.json

Remove the namespace line from your seeder classes. They are found by the classmap entries now.

Explicit namespaces

OR

Keep the namespaces and add them in calls to ->call().
Wherever you write a classname you can fully qualify the class with its namespace (should be \database\seeds\YourClass::class, which can depend on your composer.json settings), or add a use statement at the beginning of the file.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 22:11

0

You may have to run composer dump-autoload. It worked for me.

As a side note, it'd be cleaner to use PSR-4 for seeds and migrations (tests already do).

answered Mar 29 '17 at 22:11

Skyrpex

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How to keep seeder files separate and clean in laravel?

2 Answers2

Composer.json configuration

Explicit namespaces