Laravel factory persists in the wrong database

One possible solution to this issue is to override the connection and table settings in the factory definition. You can do this by using the state method in your factory definition.

Here's an example of how you can modify your factory to use the connection and table specified in your .env.testing file:

use App\Models\Employee;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;

$factory->define(Employee::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'name' => $faker->name,
        // other attributes
    ];
});

$factory->state(Employee::class, 'testing', function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'connection' => env('DB_CONNECTION_TESTING'),
        'table' => env('DB_TABLE_TESTING'),
    ];
});

In this example, we define a regular factory for the Employee model. Then, we define a state called 'testing' which overrides the connection and table attributes with the values from your .env.testing file.

To use this state when creating a model instance, you can call the state method on the factory:

$employee = Employee::factory()->state('testing')->create();

This will create an Employee model instance using the connection and table specified in your .env.testing file.

Make sure to replace 'DB_CONNECTION_TESTING' and 'DB_TABLE_TESTING' with the actual environment variable names you have defined in your .env.testing file.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.