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hnhdigital-os/laravel-database-seeder
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Provides the ability to import a file or files from a folder into your database.

1.1.0(6y ago)216MITPHPPHP ^7.2

Since Aug 13Pushed 6y agoCompare

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Laravel Seed From File
======================

[](#laravel-seed-from-file)

Provides the ability to import data (raw sql or CSV) from a file or from files found in the supplied folder.

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This package has been developed by H&H|Digital, an Australian botique developer. Visit us at [hnh.digital](http://hnh.digital).

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

- PHP >= 7.2
- Laravel >= 5.8

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via composer:

`composer require hnhdigital-os/laravel-database-seeder ~1.0`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### CSV

[](#csv)

`# php artisan db:seed-from-csv {path?} {--connection}`

- {path} -A file or a directory of files to import.
- {--connection} - Set the connection that will be used when importing. Defaults to 'database.default'.

### SQL

[](#sql)

`# php artisan db:seed-from-sql {path?} {--connection}`

- {path} - A file or a directory of files to import.
- {--connection} - Set the connection that will be used when importing. Defaults to 'database.default'.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/hnhdigital-os/laravel-database-seeder/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Rocco Howard](https://github.com/therocis)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/hnhdigital-os/laravel-database-seeder/contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/hnhdigital-os/laravel-database-seeder/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~24 days

Total

2

Last Release

2489d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.0.10

1.1.0PHP ^7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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