seed_from_yaml(); } protected function time(): string { return Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); } protected function seed_from_yaml(): void { $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at']; $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents(database_path('seeds/dev.yml'))); foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) { foreach ($rows as $row) { # encrypt any password fields if(array_key_exists('password', $row)) { $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']); } # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time foreach($time_fields as $tf) { if(array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') { $row[$tf] = $this->time(); } } DB::table($table)->insert($row); } } } }