Laravel 13: Models and database

Create a model and migration

Generate a model and its migration together.

php artisan make:model Post -m

Create a migration

Generate a migration file for a new posts table, then define its columns in the generated file.

php artisan make:migration create_posts_table

Run migrations

Apply outstanding migrations to the configured database.

php artisan migrate

Caution: Check your database connection and migration changes before running against production.

Check migration status

Show which migrations have run and which are pending.

php artisan migrate:status

Roll back the last migration batch

Run the down method for the most recent batch of migrations.

php artisan migrate:rollback

Caution: Rollback can remove tables or columns and their data. Review the migration and back up data first.

Rebuild a development database

Drop all tables and run every migration again.

php artisan migrate:fresh

Caution: Destructive: this drops all tables and their data. Never use on a database containing data you need.

Create a factory

Generate a model factory for development and test data.

php artisan make:factory PostFactory --model=Post

Create and run a seeder

Create a seeder, add its data in run(), then execute that seeder.

php artisan make:seeder PostSeeder
php artisan db:seed --class=PostSeeder

Caution: Seeders write to the configured database. Review their contents before running them.