seed_from_yaml(App::environment()); } protected function seed_from_yaml($env) { $path = database_path('seeds/'.$env.'.yml'); $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at']; $curr_time = Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($path)); 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] = $curr_time; } } DB::table($table)->insert($row); } } } }