laravel databse seed pivot table

Question

I've this tables in my Laravel app: Users Books Categories book_category Authors author_book

im seeding my table wth this code:

factory(App\User::class, 50)->create()->each(function ($user) {
    $user->books()
        ->create(factory(App\Book::class)->make()->toArray())
        ->category()
        ->attach([1,2]);
 });

How can I add author too this code for seed? Is there another way?

Not really clear what you're trying to accomplish. You create a book for every user and attach the same two categories for every book. Is there a reason you can't run the attach the same way for the authors? — Devon Bessemer, Oct 27 '18 at 12:49
thanks Devon, but in the following this code how i attach author? ->author()->attach([1,2]) — Amin Sh, Oct 27 '18 at 13:12

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '18 at 13:29

I'm guessing you want to add a book to every user. Try creating a new factory for books and then attach $user to your $book.

factory(App\User::class, 50)->create()->each(function ($user) {
    $book = factory(App\Book::class)->create();
    $user->books()->attach($book);
});

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