PHP Tinker Factory Error

Hi all, I'm tyring to create faker posts using tinker I get the following error message:

InvalidArgumentException with message 'Source and target directories must differ.'

Factory

public function definition()
    {
        return [
            'user_id' => \App\Models\User::factory(),
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'date' => $this->faker->date,
            'file' => $this->faker->file,
            'body' =>$this->faker->paragraph,
        ];
    }

In tinker I am running this command Post::factory()->count(5)->create();

Any idea on how to solve this?

Nakov

5 years ago

Level 73

@pt-83 are you sure that this error is from your factory? Do you use the File facade somewhere in your project? Or the Storage or anything that is not setup correctly?

-- EDIT

I now see that you use $this->faker->file that won't work, unless you give it a directory, or a temp file that can be used. Take a look at this thread

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/testing/populating-database-with-images-with-faker

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PT-83

5 years ago

Level 7

@nakov thanks I looked at that thread and changed the code as follows:

 public function definition()
    {
        return [
            'user_id' => \App\Models\User::factory(),
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'date' => $this->faker->date,
            'file' => $this->faker->image('public/storage/img',400,300, null, false), 
            'body' =>$this->faker->paragraph,
        ];
    }

However, I am getting InvalidArgumentException with message 'Cannot write to directory "public/storage/img"' error message.

Looking at my public->storage folder I see the sym link arrow, but I don't see the img folder. Do I have to manually create the img folder?

Nakov

5 years ago

Level 73

You don't need to write to the public/storage but directly to the storage folder, the symlink will make the image available to the public.. So use this:

$this->faker->image(storage_path('img'),400,300, null, false)

PT-83

5 years ago

Level 7

Same error is occuring when using

$this->faker->image(storage_path('img'),400,300, null, false)

InvalidArgumentException with message 'Cannot write to directory "/Users/paolo/Documents/code/famijam2/storage/img"'

Nakov

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 73

Okay, looks like the user with which you are executing the tests or calling the factory does not have the rights to write to your machine, so make sure you create the img folder within your storage not in public and try again. Take a look at this thread https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/code-review/faker-images-cannot-write-to-directory

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kima

5 years ago

Level 2

$this->faker->file is a call to a function that copies a file from a directory to another. it should be used as $this->faker->file($sourceDirectory = '/tmp', $targetDirectory = '/tmp', $fullPath = true)

from the code example, it looks like it's not what you are trying to accomplish

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