Error when using tinker to generate Users and Posts (Laravel)-CodePudding

I have the following BlogPostFactory

<?php

namespace Database\Factories;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;


class BlogPostFactory extends Factory
{
    /**
     * Define the model's default state.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function definition()
    {
        return [
            'title' => $this->faker->sentence,
            'body' => $this->faker->paragraph(30),
            'user_id' => User::factory(),
        ];
    }
}

I've been trying to use tinker to generate posts and users,

 \App\Models\BlogPost::factory()->count(10)->create();

but I'm getting the following error:

PHP Error:  Class "Database\Factories\User" not found in C:\Program Files\Ampps\www\example\database\factories\BlogPostFactory.php on line 19

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks for you help!

CodePudding user response：

You're missing the namespace on the User class.
By default PHP takes the current namespace namespace Database\Factories;, hence the error.

Instead of: (Unqualified name)

// ...
'user_id' => User::factory(),
// ....

Use this: (Fully qualified name)

// ...
'user_id' => \App\Models\User::factory(),
// ...

Addendum

Don't forget to restart your current tinker session. (Close the current one (exit;) and open a new tinker session (php artisan tinker)).