<?php use Illuminate\Database\Seeder; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema; class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder { // Your tables to truncate protected $toTruncate = ['user']; /** * Seed the application's database. * * @return void */ public function run() { // This is a simple strategy for truncate your database. // Disabled massive assignament restriction Model::unguard(); // Disable foreign key check for this connection before running seeders Schema::disableForeignKeyConstraints(); // Note: truncate strategy failed with SQL Server (and others). foreach($this->toTruncate as $table) { DB::table($table)->delete(); } /** * Your factories exections. * For example: * ************ * * factory(User::class, 1000)->create(); * */ // Enable constraints Schema::enableForeignKeyConstraints(); // Enable massive assignament restriction Model::reguard(); } }