php artisan db:seed - Laravel 8.x - The Laravel Artisan Cheatsheet

db:seed

Seed the database with records

Terminal

php artisan db:seed [--class [CLASS]] [--database [DATABASE]] [--force] [--] [<class>]

classOptional

The class name of the root seeder

databaseOptional

The database connection to seed

forceOptional

Force the operation to run when in production

classOptional

The class name of the root seeder