phpvms/app/Interfaces/Migration.php

<?php

namespace App\Interfaces;

use DB;

/**
 * Class Migration
 */
abstract class Migration extends \Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration
{
    /**
     * At a minimum, this function needs to be implemented
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    abstract public function up();

    /**
     * A method to reverse a migration doesn't need to be made
     */
    public function down()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Add rows to a table
     *
     * @param $table
     * @param $rows
     */
    public function addData($table, $rows)
    {
        foreach ($rows as $row) {
            try {
                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                // setting already exists, just ignore it
                if ($e->getCode() === 23000) {
                    continue;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}