Testing and DB Factory

Hello,

So I'm trying to run this

$order = SalesOrder::factory()->create();

But when I run it I get the message that testing.customers does doesn't exist. If there is joined tables, how do I run the factory to get all of the factory to load the testing data? Do I do it in sequence? (I hope not)

$customer = Customer::factory()->create();
$order = SalesOrder::factory()->create();

Which brings up more errors because now customers now needs testing.customer_groups.

Thank You.

frankielee

4 years ago

Level 29

@potentdevelopment

Generate the fake data by using the Factory Relationships

Example:

Customer::factory()->count(10)->hasSalesOrders(3)->create();

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Sergiu17

4 years ago

Level 60

check this https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/database-testing#defining-relationships-within-factories

// SalesOrderFactory
return [
	// ...
	'customer_id' = Customer::factory(),
	// ...
];

// CustomerFactory
return [
	// ...
	'group_id' => // or however it's called
	// ...
];

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