Seeding

Alter includes a simple method for seeding your database using Seed classes. All seed classes must be stored at /seed directory. Seed classes may have any name you wish, but probably should follow some sensible convention, such as CarSeeder, etc. All seed classes must implement Hero\Core\Seeder interface, the run() method will be called during the seed process.

Writing Seeders

To generate a seed you can run the create:seed command in your terminal:

./vendor/bin/hero create:seed car

The above command will create this file in the /seed/CarSeeder.php location:

<?php

use Hero\Core\Seeder;

class CarSeeder implements Seeder {

  public function run() {

    $item = new Car();
    $item->save();

  }

}

Running Seeders

Once you have written your seeder classes, you may use the db:seed command in your terminal to seed your database. The db:seed command will seed all classes in the /seed directory.

./vendor/bin/hero db:seed