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adamgoose/seed-gen
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Generate a new seed file based on data from the existing database table.

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**Seed generator (SeedGen)** is a Laravel 4 package that provides a method to generate a new seed file based on data from the existing database table.

Installation
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[](#installation)

1. Edit your project's `composer.json` file to require `adamgoose/seed-gen`.

    "require": { "laravel/framework": "4.0.\*", "adamgoose/seed-gen": "dev-master" }
2. Update Composer from the CLI:

    composer update
3. Once this operation completes, add the service provider by opening a `app/config/app.php` file, and adding a new item to the `providers` array.

    'Adamgoose\\SeedGen\\SeedGenServiceProvider'

Usage
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[](#usage)

To generate a seed file simply call: `\SeedGen::generateSeed('users');`

This will create a file inside a `/app/database/seeds`, with the contents similar to following example:

```