Laravel 5 - create fake data with $faker & populate database

gistfile1.txt

<?php

/**
 * SEEDING DATABASE
 *
 * Faker Fileds:
 * https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker
 *
 * 1) Create database, model, migration
 * 2) artisan make:seeder
 * 3) artisan DB:Seed
 */

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Faker\Factory;
use App\Todo;

class TodosTableSeed extends Seeder
{
	/**
	* Run the database seeds.
	*
	* - use enable model (App\Todo) & factory (Faker\Factory)
	*
	* - create faker
	* - truncate (mysql) - empty the table completely
	* - foreach loop / for loop to add data corresponds to fields in database
	*/
	public function run()
	{
		$faker = Factory::create();

		Todo::truncate();

		foreach(range(1,50) as $a) {
		    Todo::create([
			'name'      =>  $faker->name,
			'address'   =>  $faker->address,
			'phone'     =>  $faker->phoneNumber
		    ]);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	* EXAMPLE 2
	*/
	public function run()
	{
		$faker = Factory::create();

		Todo::truncate();

		for($i=0; $i < 20; $i++) {
		    Todo::create([
			'title'     => $faker->text($maxNbChars = 20),
			'completed' => $faker->boolean($chanceOfGettingTrue = 50),
			'user_id'   => $faker->numberBetween($min = 1, $max = 3)
		    ]);
		}
	}
}

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
	/**
	* Run single table to seed
	*/
	public function run()
	{
		$this->call(TodosTableSeed::class);
	}
	
	/**
	* Run multiple tables at once to seed
	*/
	public function run()
	{
		$this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);
		$this->call(PostsTableSeeder::class);
		$this->call(CommentsTableSeeder::class);
	}
}

?>