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What is the most efficient way to seed a database with 1,000 sample entries in Laravel?

I am building a Q&A portal and need to generate massive amounts of dummy data for testing the UI layout. How do I automate this without manual entry?
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Utilize Laravel's built-in Model Factories. Define your blueprint in a factory file, then run <code>Question::factory()->count(1000)->create();</code> inside your DatabaseSeeder class to instantly populate the tables with localized fake data.
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BladeExpert answered 1d ago

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