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The fake() is basically the same as $this->faker.
Why do you use it for creating tens of thousands of records?
May 20, 2025
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fake() vs $this->faker in factories
Hey guys,
I was just writing tests and when using ->count on complex factories I ran into following error
Maximum retries of 10000 reached without finding a unique value while using $this->faker->unique()->words().
Switching to fake()->unique()->words() for some reason works though and now I'm wondering if there is a performance difference between using $this->faker and fake() helper.
Maybe someone can answer me this question :D
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@Tray2 Thanks for your answer.
I use it for the default values in a factory like the documentation says though I'm not creating thousands of records but I guess some of the factories or their relation nested deeply create those records. Something I have to investigate.
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