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styde/factory
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Generate and build model factories for Laravel using classes and methods instead of closures

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Stydnet Factory Package
=======================

[](#stydnet-factory-package)

This packages allows you to build model factories for Laravel 5.4 using classes and methods instead of closures.

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

Install by running `composer require styde/factory:"dev-master" --dev`or adding `"styde/factory": "dev-master"` to the dev dependencies (`require-dev`) in the project's composer.json file and then running composer update.

Then create a "factory-classes" directory inside "database" and add the following to the "autoload-dev" section in your composer.json file:

```
      "autoload-dev": {
          "classmap": [
              "database/factory-classes",

```

And then execute `composer dump-autoload` in the console.

**Note**: you can put the factory classes anywhere you want and of course you can also use PSR-4 if you want to.

**Warning**: Laravel loads the database/factories/ multiple times during the test cycle. This will cause a conflict since you cannot override classes. So please don't put the factory classes in the database/factories directory, unless you are completely sure you are not using the `factory` helper.

Creating Factory Classes:
-------------------------

[](#creating-factory-classes)

The factory classes have the following structure:

```